Cucumber

Cucumbers are best when freshly picked from the vine. When they are thrown around the market for a number of days and become whited they are not fit for table use. Cucumbers are extensively used by the Creoles for salad and pickling purposes. The word “gherkin” is applied to all kinds of small pickled Cucumbers; properly, however, the term should be applied to the small prickly variety. Cucumbers, besides being served as salads and pickles, are used as relishes and as a garnish.