Large Old Cucumber | FoodyFlair Finds
I was walking around the Supermarket in Singapore and I am
always looking for new and interesting fruit and veggies to try. I came across a
large brown marbled cucumber and the label read ‘Cucumber Yellow Msia. It was
heavy too weighing almost 1 Kg. I had to buy purchase it and see how it was.
It turns out the most common name for it is ‘Old Cucumber’.
That is simply what it is a mature cucumber. As the cucumber matures it loses its
green skin and turns into a brown color. This vegetable is commonly used in
soups in the summertime. It is known in herbal Chinese medicine as a ‘yin’ or a
cooling agent to counteract the heat in our bodies for those humid summer days here
in Singapore.
The old cucumber’s taste is bland and bitter allowing it to
be flavored in soups. To eat the cucumber cut in half long ways and remove the seeds
since they are tough and fibrous. Then cut into slices with leaving the skin
on. Add it to your favorite soup recipe and let’s simmer our way into adding
the yin to our yang!
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