How to cut cucumber into diamonds?
The method of cucumber cutting diamonds: 1. Prepare a cucumber. After peeling, cut the surface as smooth as possible and then clean it. 2. Cut the cucumber into small pieces of the same size. 3, oblique straight knife, cut into thick pieces; If you want the diamond shape to be more obvious, you can cut it at a larger angle with a knife. 4. Put the cut cucumber flat on the chopping block with the incision facing up, and then cut it into pieces, that is, diamonds. 5. Slice all cucumbers, plate them and cook them. Nutritional value of cucumber: Cucumber is rich in vitamin E, which can prolong life and resist aging. Cucumber enzyme in cucumber has strong biological activity, which can effectively promote the metabolism of the body. Wipe the skin with cucumber mashed juice, which has the effect of moistening skin and stretching wrinkles; Glucosides and fructose contained in cucumbers do not participate in the usual sugar metabolism, so diabetics and cucumbers can replace starchy foods to satisfy hunger, and blood sugar will not increase or even decrease. Pick a cucumber: if there are small thorns, bumps or even white spots on the surface of the cucumber, then the cucumber must be fresh and tender. If the thorns of cucumber skin are small and dense, they will break when touched lightly by hand, indicating that cucumber is very fresh. If it is a cucumber with large and sparse thorns, it generally tastes bad. If it is a thorn-free cucumber, it means that the melon is old.