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Aaaugh. I grew these last year and vowed never again. Maybe I didn't have a good variety, but mine had really tough skins and were rather difficult to peel. It seems like the regular green variety were made for easy peeling.

We peel these and use chunks of them in Indian dal and sambar dishes. I think you can also make them into curries too, much like squash.

My best friend and I ended up, of all places, in a Fresh Choice last night, to escape the heat. And what did we find there? Lemon cucumbers! They were fantastic on salad, and on the side dipped in ranch.

I found it very interesting that Fresh Choice now offers certain produce that's local, with accompanying signs.

Lemon cucumbers are heaven. We used to grow them when we had a garden and used a heirloom variety that had very tender skin.

However I bought some at the FM last week and they were very tough and I was very disappointed.

They also make good pickles :-)

Wow! I have never seen this. I love cucumbers. I have lived in many places all over the country and yet I see new things all the time since I became addicted to this site. I wish I loved near a farmer's market but alas here in mid America they are few and far between and extremely hard to find.


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i have never seen them either. looks really good and refreshing, though!

I just got cucumber melons at the austin farmers market last weekend. Any relation?

you can eat these raw. they are nice and a little sweeter than regular cucumbers.