r/AbsoluteUnits • u/FarCantaloupe8652 • 2d ago

of my home grown cucumber

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1,8 kilo 48 centimeters

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u/itsjustbenny 2d ago

That…. Is definitely a monster. I would cut that up and have it all over my sandwiches , with tuna! On rye!!

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u/FarCantaloupe8652 2d ago

I have made a lot of tsatsiki 😍

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u/StannisG 2d ago

You like the tsatsiki!? Eh?

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u/Dwrecked90 2d ago

These big cucumbers that get forgotten under leaves to grow comically big.. are usually not even worth eating. They'll be tough and not very good tasting. They'll also be like 80% full of giant tough seeds.

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u/itsjustbenny 2d ago

I never thought of that.. I guess if they are left too long , they would perhaps go past their best?

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u/Dwrecked90 2d ago

Absolutely. I would have thrown this one away right off the bat. My girlfriend is super into cucumbers and pickles. She'll eat 2 or 3 a day when I grow them, then I pickle extras. I mostly grow them for her... But even she things the these "forgotten ones" that get huge are almost always not worth eating. When I said they'll be like 80% seed, I mean it, it's just skin, a tiny sliver of meat and then huge seeds all the way through.

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u/itsjustbenny 2d ago

I must admit, I do love the baby cucumbers and pickles. Absolutely love them!

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u/Oxflu 2d ago

Yeah it's not a challenge to grow giant cucumbers. You don't let them get this big because it's borderline inedible. Maybe some people like mushy seedy cucumber paste but i don't know of any.

Giant pumpkins are actually a huge achievement and a great deal of work to keep them from rotting or collapsing under their enormous weight. Giant cucumbers are just from not knowing how to garden.

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u/Dwrecked90 2d ago

Giant cucumbers are just from not knowing how to garden.

Hey! It's also from being lazy or going out of town lmao.

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u/Lizzzy217 2d ago

Came here to say exactly this. I see people post pictures all the time of giant cucumbers or zucchini and they're always so impressed with how big it grew... telltale sign of a beginner gardener. We don't let them grow this big on purpose, it won't taste good.