4 things you should never pair with cucumber
9I’m a cucumber freak. I generally love vegetables, but cucumbers have a special place in my heart… and in my fridge. It’s a great ingredient to add to salads because it brings crunchiness, sweetness and juiciness to the salad. It goes with almost any other ingredient, but sometimes, it is added to ingredients that are just wrong and are ruined completely by being mixed with cucumber. Here is my list of foods to never pair with cucumbers:
- Chicken: I don’t know why people insist on adding cucumbers to a salad they’re eating with chicken but that’s just wrong, unless their taste buds are numb and they can’t taste how bad the mix is. If you want to add something crunchy in your salad, I suggest you choose red bell pepper as it goes perfectly well with chicken.
- Canned tuna: there are only a few foods that go well with tuna and cucumber is not one of them. The mix has a fishy taste that is not good. Pickled cucumbers however, or cornichons are great with tuna because they add acidity and crunchiness.
- Mayonnaise: I know mayonnaise is a condiment rather than basic food, but when you want to add it to a salad or any other type of dishes, don’t add cucumbers to the same dish. The aftertaste left by cucumbers and mayonnaise is really bad.
- Eggs: eggs are a tricky food because they do smell a lot of times, even if nothing is added to the dish. Generally, not a lot of fresh vegetables go well with eggs, especially cucumbers. If you want to add an extra fresh taste with some crunchiness, the best combination is green onions or leeks.
September 12, 2018 @ 8:26 pm
Omg someone actually have a similar feel as I myself. I could never have cucumber with chicken or fish. The kind of smell sense you get is indescribable as it doesn’t have a name but it’s absolutely awful!
September 24, 2018 @ 9:11 am
I totally agree with you! And the aftertaste is just as horrible. But I guess some people have forgotten how to smell or taste and don’t mind experiencing that… I much rather eat neutral things like lettuce, corn, etc. that will not ruin the entire dining experience.
January 24, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
Omg I’m exactly the same… I literally just had to pull out the cucumber from my tuna sandwich… I thought I was the only one.. also I can’t eat eggs in fresh air .. 🤔
May 8, 2020 @ 11:23 am
I agree on the eggs in fresh air thing! I know I took a lot of time to respond but better late than never I guess?
December 17, 2019 @ 11:19 pm
we have a name for it in iraq/arabic and it is zufar, i can’t translate to any other languages I know.
May 8, 2020 @ 11:22 am
Hello! I just read your comment (sorry, very very long due) but that’s exactly the word we have here too in Lebanon. It is Zafra and I can’t explain it properly in English!
May 23, 2020 @ 6:40 pm
I have the same experience with tomato and chicken
May 26, 2020 @ 1:29 pm
Basically chicken is quite tricky and very few things work with it. Sautéed vegetables or pickles work the most with it, but rarely fresh vegetables.
August 14, 2020 @ 5:41 am
This is true! I always thought my taste bud is weird but this proves me wrong. Egg, chicken or even processed meat when I eat together with cucumber has this gross after taste but cucumber is one of my favorite vegetable.