During those hot summer days, one of the most refreshing foods you can eat is a cucumber. Cucumbers rank fourth among the most cultivated vegetables in the world.[1] They are members of the gourd and squash family and grow on crawling vines on the ground.[2]

We can categorize cucumbers as either slicing cucumbers or pickling cucumbers.[3] And among each category we find a wide variety of options.

Cucumbers are tied with iceberg lettuce containing more water per serving than …