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Cucumber
青瓜
Smashed cucumber and cucumber salads want a thin-skinned, small-seeded cucumber. The Australian Lebanese cucumber is exactly that and smashes without going to water; the long plastic-wrapped continental one needs seeding first.
Preparation
Smash, salt for ten minutes, pour off the water.
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
Australian name · Lebanese cucumber
Where · Any supermarket
What to ask for · For smashed cucumber buy Lebanese, thin skin, few seeds
If it is not there · Continental, seeded
In season · Year round, cheapest in summer
Where · Any supermarket
What to ask for · For smashed cucumber buy Lebanese, thin skin, few seeds
If it is not there · Continental, seeded
In season · Year round, cheapest in summer
