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Italian Black Summer Truffles
Black summer truffles are more subtle than the winter variety. Shave truffle over cooked potatoes, toss with herbs and a shallot vinaigrette. Thinly shave truffle over scrambled eggs.
Iceberg Lettuce
It is the only lettuce type that does not occur in red form as well as green. Iceberg is the given name to dozens of cultivars of lettuce, all of which are adapted to specific planting regions and time periods.
Grower
Hot House cucumbers are available year round.
Cucumbers, Cucumis sativa, are members of the important food plant family, Cucurbitaceae, which also includes melons, squashes and gourds. For culinary purposes, cucumbers are defined as either a slicing, burpless or pickling cucumber. The Hot House cucumber is classified as a burpless cucumber. It received its name specifically because it is grown in greenhouses under controlled environmental conditions, specifically heat and light. To preserve the cucumber's texture and water weight, it is shrink wrapped in air-tight plastic wrap, which doubles as visual recognition in the supermarket. Plastic sealing is an alternative method to waxing cucumbers, which is conventionally done to larger common slicing cucumber varieties to extend shelf-life. The Hot House cucumber is commonly referred to as an English cucumber and European cucumber.
Hot House cucumbers distinguish themselves from common garden cucumbers by their texture, taste and edible skin. The skin is thin, furrowed and forest green in color. Though they are often marketed as seedless, which implies a sweeter cucumber, the pale green to translucent white flesh does contain seeds, though the seeds are underdeveloped and non-bitter. Hot House cucumbers can reach a length of two feet and still maintain a bright clean and sweet flavor, favorable moisture content and crisp texture.
As Hot House cucumbers' skin is thin, they make an ideal fresh slicing cucumber. They are a quintessential salad ingredient alongside mixed greens, kales and herbaceous greens such as arugula. Hot House cucumbers' crispness makes them a great textural component to chopped salads and pasta salads, sandwiches and sushi. They can be sliced lengthwise, widthwise, diced and julienned. Hot House cucumbers can be grilled, puréed or pickled. Complimentary ingredients include red and white fish, shellfish, lamb, beef, chiles, tomatoes, mint, oregano, yogurt, garlic, cumin, chicken, pork and fresh cheeses such as feta, ricotta and farmhouse style cheeses.
The first documentation of cucumbers being grown in a greenhouse-like controlled environment was during the Ancient Roman period. Cucumbers were stored in houses glazed with selenite crystals. The Romans were also attributed with developing the first modern greenhouses in the 13th Century. The use of greenhouses to cultivate cucumbers is due to two major factors. Cucumbers are a warm season crop with required growing conditions of 80 to 85 F and an abundance of full sunlight. Greenhouses can replicating those conditions in non-native or untraditional growing regions and during winter and early spring months, create additional seasons for cucumbers when they are naturally unavailable as a field crop.
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Seasons/Availability
Hot House cucumbers are available year round.
Current Facts
Cucumbers, Cucumis sativa, are members of the important food plant family, Cucurbitaceae, which also includes melons, squashes and gourds. For culinary purposes, cucumbers are defined as either a slicing, burpless or pickling cucumber. The Hot House cucumber is classified as a burpless cucumber. It received its name specifically because it is grown in greenhouses under controlled environmental conditions, specifically heat and light. To preserve the cucumber's texture and water weight, it is shrink wrapped in air-tight plastic wrap, which doubles as visual recognition in the supermarket. Plastic sealing is an alternative method to waxing cucumbers, which is conventionally done to larger common slicing cucumber varieties to extend shelf-life. The Hot House cucumber is commonly referred to as an English cucumber and European cucumber.
Description/Taste
Hot House cucumbers distinguish themselves from common garden cucumbers by their texture, taste and edible skin. The skin is thin, furrowed and forest green in color. Though they are often marketed as seedless, which implies a sweeter cucumber, the pale green to translucent white flesh does contain seeds, though the seeds are underdeveloped and non-bitter. Hot House cucumbers can reach a length of two feet and still maintain a bright clean and sweet flavor, favorable moisture content and crisp texture.
Applications
As Hot House cucumbers' skin is thin, they make an ideal fresh slicing cucumber. They are a quintessential salad ingredient alongside mixed greens, kales and herbaceous greens such as arugula. Hot House cucumbers' crispness makes them a great textural component to chopped salads and pasta salads, sandwiches and sushi. They can be sliced lengthwise, widthwise, diced and julienned. Hot House cucumbers can be grilled, puréed or pickled. Complimentary ingredients include red and white fish, shellfish, lamb, beef, chiles, tomatoes, mint, oregano, yogurt, garlic, cumin, chicken, pork and fresh cheeses such as feta, ricotta and farmhouse style cheeses.
Geography/History
The first documentation of cucumbers being grown in a greenhouse-like controlled environment was during the Ancient Roman period. Cucumbers were stored in houses glazed with selenite crystals. The Romans were also attributed with developing the first modern greenhouses in the 13th Century. The use of greenhouses to cultivate cucumbers is due to two major factors. Cucumbers are a warm season crop with required growing conditions of 80 to 85 F and an abundance of full sunlight. Greenhouses can replicating those conditions in non-native or untraditional growing regions and during winter and early spring months, create additional seasons for cucumbers when they are naturally unavailable as a field crop.
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