The cucumber belongs to the melon tribe of plants and is a favourite
vegetable for use with or as a salad. For this purpose it is best
eaten in pieces and not cut into thin slices. It consists chiefly
of pure nature-distilled water mixed with fibre and a little mineral
organic salts.
The rind is often very bitter, but it contains valuable organic salts,
like the husks of cereals or the peel of apples. It is a good thing to
eat this rind as a remedy for constipation, or to include it in the
extracted juice when an aperient effect is desired.
Cucumber Juice.
The juice extracted by the Fruit Juice Press and taken in small cupfuls
is a cooling refrigerant drink. It is a valuable remedy for outward
application for which purpose it is sometimes mixed with glycerine.