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1.Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.
2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.
4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminium to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.
5 Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!
6.. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!
7 Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.
8.Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.
9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!
10.Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber will react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown to reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.
11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.
12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.
13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!
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LOVE cucumbers, little salt and pepper, and I'm a happy camper!
Withholding the comment that immediately came to me and chuckling to myself....
No, we women won't draw any attention as we are loading 10 cucumbers into our baskets. None at all. cough
uhm, this article drew the attention of the girls...........
pondering...........
Is there anything that cucumbers can't do?
Cucumbers have been in my diet since childhood. I'm not particularly partial to pickles, but I like cukes. My mother prefers the small, pickling cucumbers.
I want to know who puts the grease on them to make them shine?
I think it's wax, but I don't know why it's there. Does it serve a purpose, or is it a cultural thing?
It is an edible food wax, and it does serve a purpose. It keeps the moisture from escaping and prolongs the shelf life. They also wax turnips, rutabagas, squash and apples. There are probably more items that I'm not able to recall.
As far as I am concerned, God made a mistake when he made cucumbers and celery; they (again to me) are totally useless.
The only thing celery salt is good for is Bloody Marys....!
I will never look at a cucumber the same way again, for reasons referenced here by some warped minds, umm KK? lol
Orbs, I like the Bloody Mary reference, but have you tried peanut butter on celery? Very Yummy.
I meant SER, not Orbs...sorry, I will be in the corner until someone tells me I can come out.
Jed, Your correct. Few thing better than peanut butter on celery. NO raisins though.
Jed you can come out of the corner, we all put our foot in our mouth once in a while... :)
I know one ting a cucumber can't do: it can't roll off of you and immediately fall asleep.
I heard of an interesting sandwich today: peanut butter and jelly and Fritos.
I have 8 cucumber plants planted.. My record size for one was 23" .
Some interesting ideas for using cukes that I never heard of.
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