Wednesday 2 November 2022

Making Soup With Home Grown Yellow Cucumber

I was encouraged when I succeeded in growing yellow cucumber for the first time. Initially, I thought yellow cucumber and cucumber are from the same cucumber vines. But I was wrong, they are different and not from the same vines. This is the 2nd time I had yellow cucumber vines growing in my garden.

Young yellow cucumber is not green but pale green or light beige in colour. They are also broader then ordinary cucumber.
The yellow cucumber and bottle gourd vines are fighting for space on the overhead lines. The yellow cucumber lost because the bottle gourd vines are fast growers.
Not only must the colour turns to brownish yellow but preferably the skin has crack lines before harvesting.
Maturing yellow cucumber, not due for harvest yet.
I harvested the yellow cucumber for boiling soup for dinner.
Ingredients for soup: yellow cucumber, carrot, corn on cob, pork ribs or chicken bones.
Sauteed home grown green amaranth with garlic.
Our dinner with steamed brown rice.


If he sows to please his own wrong desires,
he will be planting seeds of evil and
he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death;
but if he plants the good things of the Spirit,
he will reap the everlasting life that the Holy Spirit gives him.
(Galatians 6:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

54 comments:

  1. Wow, I´ve never seen a yellow cucumber! Does it taste different?

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    1. I think the raw yellow cucumber tastes more or less like the ordinary green cucumber. In fact, I think it is slightly more sweeter than the green cucumber. But we usually use the yellow cucumber to cook soup.

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  2. That's amazing and the soup looks yum!
    xoxo
    Lovely
    www.mynameislovely.com

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  3. Looking really good.. The food looks nice Nancy.

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  4. I wonder if this cucumber is the same as what my partner refers to as "old cucumber". Your garden is really bountiful!

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    1. Yes, this is the same as old cucumber or the "lo wong kua" used for boiling soup.

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  5. Never tried that before. Not sure if I've seen it around here.

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    1. Yellow cucumber or lo wong kua can be easily found here.

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  6. So fresh and tasty! I love those bottle gourds too.

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  7. Haha yes I also discovered quite recently that old and normal cucumber are different things!

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  8. I love bottle gourd cooked with basil. It is so fragrant

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    1. I would love to taste it but hubby doesn't like anything with basil.

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  9. I have never heard yellow cucumber very interesting....

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  10. I had never heard of yellow cucumber. I live and learn!

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    1. Thank you, David. So many things that we do not know and need to learn.

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  11. The cucumbers look amazing and the soup looks delicious! Julia x

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  12. Me encantó ver tu cosecha. Besos.

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    1. These days, I have been making soup very often.

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  14. Cook own grown vegetables, so nice!!!! I like cucumber soup. It has cooling properties as well.

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    1. Thank you, Rose. These days I like to cook soup for dinner.

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  15. Beautiful verse. Regine
    www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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  16. Looks most delicious.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday, Nancy. ♥

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  17. Very impressive! The soup looks great. Gigi hawaii

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  18. This is new to me, but the soup looks good! Hugs, Valerie

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    1. Thank you, Valerie. Hugs. Have a great day. Stay safe.

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  19. Hi Nancy.
    I have never heard yellow cucumber, looks interesting. Thanks for sharing. Have a good day :)

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  20. Nancy- thank for your always kind comments! I wish I could be in your garden- it looks divine and tasty! Yummy soup too! Cheers!

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    1. Thank you, Kathe. I like the garden when it is fill with produce really to be harvest.

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  21. Thank you Nancy. I love to eat the ingredients in old yellow cucumber ribs soup. You are self sufficient already as both your dinner dishes are cooked with your home grown plants. It must be very satisfying to eat home grow vegetables, right?

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    1. Thank you, Mun. When my garden is doing well, I needn't have to buy vegetables and get to save some money for other stuffs.

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  22. I have not seen yellow cucumber before, i wonder if it is soft inside like a green one or more firm like a squash of some kind.

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    1. Thank you, Mimi. The texture is more or less like the green cucumber, crunchy and juicy with a tinge of sweet in it.

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  23. Genial pepino. https://enamoradadelasletras.blogspot.com/

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  24. I have never seen a yellow cucumber, interesting. You never cease to amaze me what grows in your garden. Well done, Diane

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    1. Thank you, Diane. I love to try to grow new things in my garden and it is rewarding to get to harvest the produce.

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  25. That's fantastic that you're harvesting and growing cucumber alongside the bottle gourd.

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  26. When they had a vegetable garden my parents did grow some cucumber.

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    1. Cucumber will be one of the plants I will continue to grow in my garden.

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