My mother once told me that you had to cut off the ends of cucumbers, and rub them on the tips of the vegetable to remove the poison. I did that for many years, when cooking for myself, until I realized it was just another of her
'myths', which she had plenty.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I thought the tip jar at the restaurant was so people could give the chef cooking tips for how to cook better.Anon
- that the green bit of cucumbers was poisonousAnon
- so guess what i learned the other day: pickles came from cucumbers. yes indeed.— jenna
- I used to believe that pickles grew on trees and didn't come from cucumbers.Anon
- I thought if someone is in a vegatative state they literally turn into a giant vegetable!— Samilton Duerheiser
- Up until the age of 21 I believed pickles were pickles, I had no idea they were cucumbers.— Jason