On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 6:34:55 AM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
> > Janet wrote:
> >>
> >> Many citrus fruits are covered in a thin wax coating to keep them
> >> fresh longer. A quick scrub takes it off.
> >
> > The times that I *really* notice wax on fruit or vegetables has been
> > on cucumbers. Just handling them and my fingers are waxy. I ALWAYS
> > wash them off in hot water.
>
> ewwww I have never noticed that.

Wax is applied mostly to keep the cukes' moisture in. But here,
so-called English cucumbers are shrink-wrapped in plastic
to serve the same purpose.

Maybe you get your cucumbers closer to when they were harvested.