Half a cucumber

M&S always sell half cucumbers, and if you wrap it in foil, it will last 5 days or more. Don’t use clingfilm, as I find it makes food sweat!

I use leftover cucumber (and other vegetables) when making soup! You don't really taste it but it's a way of not wasting! We often have "fridge-soup : it may have half a paprika, the 2 last springonions, some chinese cabbage, and yes a piece of cucumber.

You can actually cook a cucumber - I tried this recipe of Nadya's and it was surprisingly delicious!
www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/roast_peanut_chicken_49852

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Indigo8

Waitrose sell midi cucumbers.

Came here to say the same. They are about the size of a half cucumber and seem to have more flavour than the regular ones. I can't tell you the price though but I'm sure it's not exorbitant.

Midi cucumber was 65p in Waitrose today.

Get a guinea pig. They love cucumber

I now buy baby cucumbers as we use one at a time and the rest keep in the fridge.

A trick back in the days post war, before we even owned a fridge, my gran would cut what she needed, ensuring stem but was at the bottom and then stand it in a jar of water and into the window sill. The cucumber absorbs water through the spout stem. Prolongs life. Try it. Any ojd jam jar will do.

Waitrose sell a small cucumber

Our local supermarkets sell half cucumbers,

I use half a cucumber in a courgette and cucumber soup. Delicious

Lidl and Aldi have sold the half cues for ages.
I like them with a dip, and some baby sweetcorn and sugarsnap peas.

I chop cucumber up to put it in the dog’s kong. He loves it!

Our local Sainsbury’s is selling baby cucumbers AND bare ones ie none of that stupid plastic skin on them.

Indigo8

Waitrose sell midi cucumbers.

Came here to say the same. They are about the size of a half cucumber and seem to have more flavour than the regular ones. I can't tell you the price though but I'm sure it's not exorbitant.

You could pickle a cucumber before it goes mushy .
My family don't particularly like them , but they do if I prepare them the Russian way :
I slice them very thinly , sprinkle them with salt and cover them with a weighted plate .
A lot of excess water comes out .
I don't know if it's really a Russian recipe !
If eating fish and I include fish and chips from local chippy - I make my own version of Bearnaise sauce using chopped cucumbers in mayonnaise .
It's less sweet and more tangy .
I've also made cucumber soup .

Having made those suggestions -
Buying half a cucumber might not be such a bad idea !

Oh, there's some ideas there.
Thank you.
Marmalade... hmm...

My sandwiches- cheese &... saurekraut, gherkins, marmalade, brown sauce, chutney, branston, pickled onions, fresh peppers, fresh onions, peanut butter, preserved ginger, lettuce, tomatoes, radish, celery. Don't like cheese & ham though.

I'm definitely going to have a go at the pickling idea.
Cheese sandwiches are my favourite, and I love trying different things to go inside them.

I have just made some Elegran but now that you mention it I think I will add half a chilli. I found a jar by throwing out some out of date pickled onions which we bought to deter the moles but they haven’t been troublesome this year.

Greenfinch You may find that you prefer different proportions of vinegar, water, sugar and spices (or using cider vinegar or adding a chilli!) but you can adjust it to taste. Surplus peppers can also be pickled like this - those bags of three can become uneatable if they take too long for one person to use up.

Thank you Maybee70, I’ll give them a try.

No waste in our house, we have 2 guinea pigs 😃

Thanks Elegran.What a good idea. I have all those ingredients so might try it today if I can find a jar. I am in a culinary mood and am just having a go at making some stollen. I have never made it before so am a bit apprehensive.
I thought village shops might do it Primrose but unfortunately though I live in a village our one and only shop has closed down.

I buy the mini cucumbers too. I am the only one in the house who eats cucumber now. Our little village shop will sell you half a cucumber as well.

i find a cucumber lasts a week to ten days in the fridge, no special protection - that is if it gets a chance I love cucumber and eat slices of cucumber as a snack.