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Show Cucumber's History. A strange recipe was once given for the use of cucumbers. It stated, peel off the cucumber, slice it, pepper it, put vinegar to it, and then throw it out of the window. It Is, of course, difficult to account for tastes ; but this rather suggests advice prompted by an enfeebled digestion. The cucumber has for centuries had a place In the world's dietary table. We have biblical authority for tke statement that when the Israelites complained to Moses, they said: "We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt ; the cucumber cucum-ber and the melons." There may be Imaginative minds who will see here a link with that popular English dish of today, salmon and cucumber. Chicago Journal. |