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Our tips for Cucumbers

  • Salad storage

    Submitted by Cath Marsland, Stockport

    I threw away the drawers that came in the bottom of my fridge and replaced with long thin plastic sealable boxes now my salad ingredients stay fresher for days longer.

  • Cucumbers can last longer

    Submitted by Anne Harris, cambridge

    Put the stalk end of a cucumber in a small container of water and stand in the fridge door. They last much longer like this. Also they'll keep well this way out of the fridge if you are pushed for fridge space.

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