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[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by slinky

David3 wants to know if you eat cucumber and bean curry, would it be safe to use a lighter??

Dont let spug see this slinks - you know what you'll be eating for the cook off!!!!

[West Ender]

Cucumber doesn't have that effect on me - and I love it on sandwiches with cream cheese. My mother always said you should peel the skin off cucumbers or they would give you indigestion - Nope - skin off or on, they're fine with me. Maybe I've got a cast-iron stomach.

[churchman phil]

Never thought about it myself but 'erindoors says it gives her heartburn

[LYNX1]

Love cucumber.........got to be skin on tho.....tasteless without.

[panther]

never noticed that it made ya burp!!

will have to see if i do burp after eating it.
I will let ya know.........................

[cashman]

dont eat it, cos its crap.

[AccyLass]

My little en eats loads of this, not on a butty, by the chunk, he don't burp, farts loads but not burp

[Neil]

Originally Posted by flashytart

cucumber make you burp?

Because it causes trapped air.

[MargaretR]

http://www.organicgardening.com/feat...6-1576,00.html
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Built-in bitterness. Most cucumber plants contain compounds known as cucurbitacins ("kyew-ker-BIT-a-sins") that cause fruit to taste bitter. At low levels, you aren't likely to detect them. But high levels of cucurbitacins produce extremely bitter fruit- so bitter that eating it would cause a riot in your stomach. Cucurbitacin levels increase when a plant is under stress. The concentration of these compounds varies from plant to plant, fruit to fruit, and even within the individual fruit itself. The ability to taste cucurbitacins also varies from person to person. Even insects have varying preferences for cucurbitacins- the compounds attract cucumber beetles but repel other insects, such as aphids and spider mites.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...uce-burps.html

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/bittercukes.html
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Most cucumber plants contain a bitter compound called cucurbitacin, which can be present in the fruit as well as the foliage. Bitterness in cucumbers tends to be more prominent when plants are under stress from low moisture, high temperatures or poor nutrition.
For some cucumber eaters, the bitter taste can be accompanied by a digestive discomfort known as a burp. Some of the newer cultivars of cucumbers do not have the bitter compound and, thus, no burp. So, some seed companies called their bitter-free cukes "burpless."

PS I have nothing better to do today

[flashy]

lol thanx for that margaret, had salad for my tea last night thats why i asked the question, just had another salad for lunch and i'm burping again


oh and can i just say that for the last few weeks ive been paying over £1 for an iceburg lettuce and tesco are selling them for 50p at the moment, i was well chuffed when i went in to get my salad stuff yesterday

[panther]

well i have just had cucumber for my dinner, and guess what.............I didnt burp!!ah well

[flashy]

just give it an hour or so panther lol

[panther]

its been and hour and half and still no noises coming from me gob

[flashy]

lol might come out the other end then

[panther]

LMAO....ya never know!!