> wrote in message
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> 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.

I don't know but ours are shrink wrapped.


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