Cucumber Is Everywhere, So Why Are People Still Fat?

[snooper2]

[NCTraveler]

1. I kept staring at the right side of the graph at the :40 mark.

That was..... unique.

[Hortensis]

21. Missing what you're seeing, but this IS a The Onion product...

That isn't a pizza Rump in the bottom corner is it?

[NCTraveler]

23. Pizza, French Fries, Hamburger. mmmmm nt.

[Hortensis]

24. Of course. Lol. In another mood, me too.

This time it sent me to the fridge to see if I might have a cucumber and what else I could toss with it. Unfortunately it was just a pair of squash that need stuffing...

[NCTraveler]

25. It's not often I eat the items I mentioned above. I do really enjoy them when I do.

I love my veggies. I've almost removed red meat from my diet along with some other foods. I've become a kale eating progressive. It just feels right. lol Squash... mmmmm. I'll still belly up to a muffuletta, burger, or steak on occasion.

[Hortensis]

34. Mmmmm,muffuletta. You had to mention that.

It'll be zucchini stuffed with itself and sauteed fish tonight. A green salad because I've been overdoing the white stuff.

Kale-eating progressive. Lol. You and our DIL are hearing the same inaudible piping, except she has always preferred almost all veggies raw. I can always feed her salad but have a continual urge to toss in a little grass with the herbs to see if she picks up on it. We do meatless alllmost once a week and every time my husband comments, oh, no meat? And since I insist on abusing him with arugula, he's taken a firm stand against kale, so that's probably about as culinarily progressive as we'll get here.

Still craving a cucumber salad. Maybe it was something about the video. Oh, well.

[Goodheart]

2. Well, cucumber tastes awful.

[unblock]

3. wow, i've never heard anyone say they actually taste awful.

i've heard plenty of other complaints, particularly the typical complaint about veggies, not being filling enough, or not liking the texture of the seeds. and i understand not liking the taste of other veggies, say, broccoli.

but cukes are basically crunchy water. maybe not for everyone, but saying cukes taste awful seems to me like saying water tastes awful.

[Goodheart]

6. I actually love vegetables of all sorts...

Tomatoes, carrots, celery, squash, eggplant, potatoes, beans, peas... you name it... but for some reason I just can't stand the taste of cucumbers and their sweet cousins, watermelons. Just too weird.

[Ezior]

12. Same here

I do eat cucumbers and watermelons whenever my boyfriend decides to buy some. I just don't really like both of them.

All those other vegetables/fruits? Great stuff! Cauliflower tastes somewhat boring, but broccoli is great.

[randome]

36. Raw cauliflower has an altogether different taste if you haven't tried that.

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[Shrike47]

13. Me, too. I also abhor cilantro but like parsley.

To me, cucumbers have a distinct and unpleasant taste. And I just won't eat watermelon.

[smirkymonkey]

28. Funny, cucumbers and watermelon are two of my favorite foods!

but then again, I am one of those people who drinks about two gallons of water a day. It's so interesting how people's tastes can vary so widely. I could eat watermelon until I pass out! lol

[greymattermom]

18. I like cucumbers

but don't like watermelon because it tastes like cucumbers. With sugar added. Who would put sugar on cucumbers?

[unblock]

38. same here, though my dislike for watermelons is more a texture thing.

they just seem soggy to me, it's an unpleasant texture. cukes are nice and firm.

i'm fine with watermelon juice in one of those mixed juice drinks, i'm fine with the taste.

[crazycatlady]

35. the smell of cucumbers has always made me gag

It was one of those things I was forced to eat as a child that I won't go near as an adult (in fact they smell so strong to me, I'd rather not be in the same room as someone eating one).

To those who don't think they smell-- go to the bath aisle of any given store (drugstore, etc) and tell me how many cucumber scented products there are.

[unblock]

40. i'll believe you, though i don't think comparing them to "scented" products is proof of anything.

most "scented" or "flavored" products don't have the same smell as the actual thing, it's just someone decided that this was close enough and cheap enough to manufacture, and eventually people accepted that "scent" or "flavor" as the equivalent to the real thing.

in the case of banana scent or flavoring, it is actually the very same chemical in actual bananas, because it happens to be very easy to manufacture cheaply, but many others are just plain different. to me, cherry "scent" or "flavor" is nothing at all like actual cherries, for instance.

in the case of cucumbers, i'll agree that the real things have a scent; but the artificial scent is, at a minimum, way, way more intense than the real thing.

[snooper2]

8. but they do feel good

[RKP5637]

11. ...

[malaise]

9. I love cucumber n/t

[DetlefK]

4. Fun Fact: Cucumbers are related to pumpkins. I would rather have pumkins than cucumbers.

[Goodheart]

10. Watermelons, I believe

Family name "Cucurbitaceae"

[Retrograde]

39. Squashes (including pumpkins), cucumbers, and melons

are all closely related and will interbreed given half a chance. There are also wild varieties, such as squirting cucumber (which has an extremely prickly rind) that have taken over in these parts.

[superpatriotman]

5. It gives me horrible indigestion

Unless it's in pickle form. So I don't eat it.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Have You Tried The Seedless Version?

They're more expensive, but i've heard that the seeds cause that for many people, and that it doesn't happen with the seedless version.

My wife says they cause burping and when she uses the seedless version (say on a hot dog, 'cuz you know, Chicago) it doesn't happen.

[MFM008]

16. Me 2

Love it but gives me ghastly heartburn.

[stonecutter357]

14. gherkins ! yes i had to google it .

what for the gherkins.

&ytbChannel=Facts.

[GulfCoast66]

15. Bacon double cheese burgers are everywhere too

And taste much bettter than cucumbers.

[miyazaki]

17. I think this lady has a love affair with cucumbers in more ways than one.

[grossproffit]

20. We have the same sick mind. hehe

[rock]

19. The answer is in the question

If people ate all these cucumbers they wouldn't be so fat!

[ProudLib72]

22. I'm color blind

I keep mistaking Twinkies for cucumbers.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

27. ROFL!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

26. Could she BE any more smug, condescending, or irritating?

Yeah, that's the way to talk to people who struggle with controlling their weight! NOT.

[snooper2]

29. LOL- unfamiliar with the Onion eh?

Cucumber makes weight struggles easy! You don't even need to cook them!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

30. Of course I'm familiar with it!

[GallopingGhost]

31. Fun fact

The largest cucumber ever was grown in the UK a couple years ago, weighing in at just under twenty-four pounds.

Just in case you want to liven up the produce man's day.

[enid602]

32. public urinals, grammar schools and books on etiquette are everywhere,

...so why do we have a misogynistic, illiterate pee freak in the Oval Office?

[Kaleva]

33. The video makes me think dirty thoughts

[Raine1967]

37. I love cucumbers! They taste good and feel good.

They are great as pickles, as a member of salad, including cucumber salad w/ and w/o sour cream.

I also love them in a tomato and cuke salad. I love them as a part of a refreshing cocktail and, as some say - as a refreshing cock tail.