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People have said that it is of course important to watch out for food scams, as fraud could exist on food labels. Pardon the thought but today, when so many people are concerned about issues like housing and work place discrimination, fashion, entertainment, real estate, mortgages, vacations and the like, issues like food quality and food awareness may become unnecessarily overshadowed.

Though it appears that cucumbers originated over ten thousand years ago in southern Asia, they are now common garden vegetables cultivated as annuals all over the world. Cucumbers have been popular since ancient times, where classical Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans prized the vegetable for its healing properties, especially as they relate to skin health. The cucumber plant is a hairy-stemmed vine similar to melon vines, with many long, trailing tendrils. It bears yellow or whitish flowers on its short stems, with triangular leaves that may have three pointed lobes. The fruit of this plant is the edible cucumber that is beloved of cuisines the world over, growing anywhere from only an inch up to about thirty-six inches long. This pulpy fruit contains many seeds and is covered by a thin smooth or prickly skin that is often green but can sometimes be almost yellow. The flesh itself is usually white or slightly yellowish. Mature cucumber fruits are tough and contain many seeds.

People eat this cucumber fruit