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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (7 children)

What on earth is that in the image?

Also, I loathe cucumber like no other food. It stinks and infects everything it is near.

I gather it is (or can be) a genetic thing. Either that or it's objectively minging.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Cucumbers naturally produce very bitter compounds known as cucurbitacins. These cytotoxins are bred out of the cucumbers by hybridization but they can always re-occur in plants that were cross-pollinated (usually unintentionally). Perhaps at one point you ate a cucumber containing some and you now have strongly aversive reactions to them?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    (mostly just curious) Do you like pickles, any? Or does the cucumber flavor still come through?

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