A Fruity Mash-Up

by Colin W.

Legacy Farms Apprentice

Now that I think about it, that kinda looks like a yellow kiwi.

Have you ever thought about two foods being merged into one? It’s a crazy concept I know, but could you imagine something being born from an idea like this?

Well, you'll be surprised to know that such a fruit exists. But what strange combination of fruit could it be?! An apple orange, maybe? A peach pear, or even a mango pineapple?

This fruit is none of these. It’s an even stranger combination. It’s the slightly sweet and succulent…Lemon Cucumber! (Yeah, believe it or not cucumbers are fruit too.)

I know a lemon and a cucumber may sound rather unorthodox. That’s because it is. Prior to seeing one, I envisioned lemon cucumbers as a lumpy and yellow long cucumber for some reason. I don’t know why that was the case, but whenever someone brought up lemon cucumbers, that’s what came to mind. I also thought they’d have a crunchy and sour taste, because cucumbers are usually crunchy and lemons are especially sour. 

Lemon cucumbers actually look like yellow baseballs, with streaks of orange dotting across the surface. Their taste is somewhat reminiscent of a lemon, and it's rather juicy. So if it doesn’t taste like a lemon or look like a cucumber, why call it a lemon cucumber? Well, I think it's because the size and color are more similar to that of a lemon than what we usually think of as a cucumber.

Lemon cucumbers can provide some pretty amazing health benefits, which are specifically found in the fruit’s juice. If you cut open a lemon cucumber and squeeze the juice into a glass, you’ll be getting health benefits like alkalization. Lemon cucumbers can alkalize your body which balances your body’s pH level. This can improve body functions. They can also give you clearer skin because lemon cucumbers are packed with vitamin C, antioxidants, and silica.

Some lemon cucumbers picked by yours truly.

Lemon cukes sound fantastic, right? Right! So why then haven’t I tried these until I wrote this article? Well, I think it comes down to me being more in favor of food I like instead of trying something new.

This is something that everyone should think about because you may never find new things you like if you only stick to what you already know. I’m not saying you should try everything, but maybe every once in a while you should pick up something you’ve never tried before….Like a lemon cucumber!

Source: https://www.purepowerpilatessd.com/blog/2016/3/22/x6uzvls7ziac6xpq7mb20pkr98049d