Cucumber

[kumargovind]

how do the bitterness in cucumber is removed by just chopping and rubbing at its ends.......please give me the scientific answer
thank you.

[Mamyalynne]

Science seems to have no answers about these methods.

http://www.blogher.com/ask-scientist-bitter-cucumbers

[woofgang]

the answer is it probably isn’t :)

[Tilly2]

Is cucumber bitter? I don't find it so. It must be my taste buds.

[RATTER15]

I've never found them to be bitter either.

[Jackdaw33]

It depends how thinly they are sliced. The thicker the slice, the more bitter the rind.

[Mamyalynne]

There are many different varieties of cucumber grown around the world, some it seems are more prone to bitterness.

We tend to buy just a couple of varieties in the shops in this country.

[mikey4444]

I don't think I have ever eaten a bitter cucumber....I am sure that I would have remembered iff I had !