[account-5]

A whole cucumber? As in an approx foot long fruit. I'm an adult, mostly, but if a colleague pulled out a whole cucumber and started munching on it you know I'm commenting about it!

[bserge]

Growing up we only had the short (10-15cm) variety, and indeed I was munching on them lol

When I first saw the long ones I was like "wtf did they do to them?". They also taste worse imo, but that could be because of greenhouse growth.

[namdnay]

Ive always heard the small ones called “Lebanese cucumbers” , much nicer indeed than the “Dutch cucumbers” you usually see

There are also the provencal cucumbers, which are larger but shorter than Dutch cucumbers, have a thicker rougher skin, and a much stronger taste

[account-5]

I had no idea there were other types of cucumbers.

I think Rohl Dahl put me off cucumbers.

[watwut]

That is because there is culture of not eating vegetables. Cucumber tastes good, is quite watery and does not have to be huge.

[have_faith]

> Cucumber tastes good

Let's not get ahead of ourselves

[croon]

Both my 1 year old and my 4 year old love cucumber, tomatoes, peas, broccoli, etc, and usually eat it before anything else on the plate.

It feels really weird to have to tell a 4 year old to eat some meat or rice before getting more cucumber, as they also need some calories, but here we are.

[watwut]

It tastes good. I like it. It is favorite vegetable of my kids, who both lived it as little and still eat any amount available of it with dinner or lunch.

They also like salad from it, which they approach almost as a treat.

[account-5]

Both my kids eat cucumber. I still wouldn't agree it tastes nice though, too watery for me. I like it diced in a tuna sarnie though.

[pvaldes]

Would made a nice anti-bulling food. The Veggies for bullies movement.

[yunohn]

Why are you commenting on your colleagues’ food? Moreover, something as normal as a vegetable.

[account-5]

Why not? It's not an insult. I know it's not any of my business but neither is anything else I might make small talk about.

I regularly ask what my colleagues have for lunch/dinner, I like to see if they have something better than I do.