On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:37:08 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>On 8/29/2014 10:21 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:52:53 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:43:50 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I often do that too. I grow Sweet Success cucumber. it grows 14
>>>> inches long. It's great for making sour cream cucumbers.
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>> How many people are you feeding with a single cucumber like that?
>>
>> Making sour cream cucumber salad will use up 4 or 5 (we like the salad
>> a lot and it keeps several days in the fridge) I use the cuke for a
>> nighttime snack -- fresh-picked cucumbers have a snap, crunch and
>> sweetness that store bought don't. We eat what amounts to chopped
>> salad -- lots of chopped veggies and little lettuce. I love cucumber
>> sandwiches. When I get too many coming in at once I offer them to
>> neighbors. I've tried buying cucumbers at the supermarket and they
>> really are awful in comparison.
>> Janet US
>>
>Perhaps, you are not selecting cucumbers properly in the stores. They
>should be dark green all over and not be noticeably soft. I will agree
>that home grown ones are probably better :-)

No, store cucumbers just are nothing like the real thing.
Janet US