Cucumber Production

Production Requirements Cucumbers are warm season vegetables. They do not tolerate frost. Temperatures below 10° C (50° F) may impact crop growth and negatively affect fruit quality. They require well drained, compaction-free locations with ample fertility. Freshmarket cucumbers respond well to plasticulture and fertigation. High levels of nitrogen may result in excess leaf growth and …
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The Ferment Of Expansion

How one idea set Lebanon’s food pickling industry on the path of transformation. Ten years ago, Wissam Msallem’s grandfather told him that to be successful in the food processing industry, one needs time, money and patience. The advice still rings true, especially in a country like Lebanon where infrastructure, geography and political instability stifle economic …
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Probiotics And Prebiotics

Probiotics and prebiotics are both pretty big topics in nutrition today. Even though they sound similar, the two play different roles for your health. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria, while prebiotics are food for these bacteria. Both prebiotics and probiotics are important for human health. Eating balanced amounts of both pro- and prebiotics can help ensure …
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Pickling Cucumbers Fused With Health Promoting Compound

If your garden is full of cucumbers, you may want to consider pickling them, not only to extend their shelf-life, but to enjoy their health benefits. Researchers at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NCSU) recently found that a stable, naturally occurring, health-promoting compound called γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), was generated …
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Bland Diet

Bland diet A bland diet can be used alongside lifestyle changes to help address the symptoms of ulcers, heartburn, GERD, nausea, and vomiting. You may also need a bland diet after stomach or intestinal surgery. Self-care A bland diet includes foods that are soft, not very spicy, and low in fiber. If you are on a …
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PRObiotics and PREbiotics: Foods You Can Use For Better Health

Foods You Can Use For Better Health You have more than 100 trillion bacteria living in your gut. Some of these bacteria are harmful, but many of them are good. Helping good bacteria thrive may benefit your digestion and health. It is very important to have the right balance of bacteria. If this balance is …
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Researchers To Toast ‘Good’ Bacteria

Joint Genome Institute ‘jamboree’ will examine the genetic properties of lactic-acid-producing microbes The next time you chow down on a sausage pizza, enjoy a refreshing frozen yogurt, or savor a fine wine, remember to thank the bugs. Lactic acid bacteria (bacteria that ferment sugars into lactic acid) play an essential role in the production of …
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Cucumber Salad

Cucumber Salad This cucumber salad has a light and creamy dressing. Make it ahead of time and chill it in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve it. Ingredients 1 cucumber (large, peeled and thinly sliced) 2 tablespoons yogurt, low-fat 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 tablespoon water 1 teaspoon dill weed (optional) 1 …
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Los alimentos en conserva envasados en la casa y el botulismo

Los alimentos en conserva envasados en la casa son una forma excelente de preservar las frutas y verduras de la huerta y compartirlas con familiares y amigos. Pero puede ser riesgoso o incluso mortal si no se hace de manera correcta y segura. Estamos en verano y es hora de cosechar las deliciosas frutas y …
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Home Canning And Botulism

Home canning is an excellent way to preserve garden produce and share it with family and friends, but it can be risky—or even deadly—if not done correctly and safely. It’s summertime and time to harvest the delicious produce you’ve been growing. You may be thinking about home canning your garden goodies to preserve them. But …
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Cheeseburger Chemistry: Pickles

This video, one in a six-part “Cheeseburger Chemistry” series, examines the role of salty brine, fermentation, lactic acid and pH in the process of making pickles  The chemistry of preservatives: fermentation, acid and pH. This video, one in a six-part “Cheeseburger Chemistry” series, examines the role of salty brine, fermentation, lactic acid and pH …
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Cucumber Grades And Standards

U.S. Fancy consists of cucumbers which are well colored, well formed, not overgrown, and which are fresh, firm, and free from decay, sunscald, and from injury caused by scars and from damage caused by yellowing, sunburn, dirt or other foreign material, freezing, mosaic or other disease, insects, cuts, bruises, mechanical or other means. a. The …
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Pickles Are Kind Of A Big Dill In November

There are no parades for pickles in Georgia. There’s not even a Miss Pickle contest, but maybe there should be because pickles are kind of a big dill this month. Nov. 14 is National Pickle Day, which provides growers and producers a chance to highlight pickles and the versatility of pickling. The ubiquitous pickle lines …
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Special Considerations For Canning In Wyoming

Altitude Canning food in Wyoming differs from canning in many other locations because of the high altitudes found in our state. There is lower atmospheric pressure at high altitudes, which causes water to boil at a lower temperature. Consequently, altitude adjustments must be made when home canning. The following guidelines have been established by the …
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In A Pickle: Benefits of Fermented Cucumbers

Craving a pickle? Go ahead and take a bite. Fermented vegetables are a healthy choice for a snack. Cucumber pickles are the most commonly consumed fermented vegetable in the United States, with Americans consuming more than 9 pounds of all types of pickles per person each year. Pickles are fat free, cholesterol free, low in …
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Impact Of Fermented Foods On Human Cognitive Function

Abstract Food is an essential need for all living creatures which provides the energy to maintain life and grow further. Fermentation is a process used to preserve and advance the quality of foods, and those foods are known as fermented foods. Some foods offer health benefits to consumers apart from nutrition, and such foods are …
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Inclusion Of Fermented Foods In Food Guides Around The World

Abstract Fermented foods have been a well-established part of the human diet for thousands of years, without much of an appreciation for, or an understanding of, their underlying microbial functionality, until recently. The use of many organisms derived from these foods, and their applications in probiotics, have further illustrated their impact on gastrointestinal wellbeing and …
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What Is Cucumis Sativus?

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant within the Cucurbitaceae gourd household that bears normally cylindrical fruits, that are used as greens. Considered an annual plant, there are three primary sorts of cucumber — slicing, pickling, and burpless/seedless — inside which a number of cultivars have been created. The cucumber originates from South Asia, however now grows on most continents, as many various kinds of cucumber are traded on …
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Gut Health And Your Microbiome

What is the gut microbiome? Your microbiome holds trillions of microorganisms in the gut which help regulate important functions for your overall health. Astonishingly the human body has more bacteria then cells. In fact, according to Integrative Medicine: a clinician journal, the bacteria cells harbored within the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) outnumber humans’ cells by …
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A Lab That Keeps Us All Out Of A Pickle

A Lab That Keeps Us All Out Of A Pickle George Washington had a collection of 476 kinds of pickles. To prevent scurvy, Christopher Columbus stocked pickles on the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. Julius Caesar, believing pickles to be invigorating, added them to the Roman legions’ diet. In 5000 BCE, the Babylonians were known …
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Safely Fermenting Food At Home

Fermenting meals at house is changing into an more and more standard meals pattern, though dwelling meals fermentation has been practiced for hundreds of years world wide as a key method to protect meals. However, as with all meals preservation or preparation technique, it’s important that it’s completed safely. Many various kinds of meals are …
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