Is the thorns more or smooth to buy small cucumbers? 5 common vegetable selection tips to help you not step on the market

Health     7:43am, 23 May 2025

When buying vegetables, you have to learn how to pick vegetables. Nowadays, many young people who don’t eat or go to traditional markets do not know how to choose fresh and delicious vegetables. The blogger of the little red book "Dad Review" teaches five kinds of vegetable buying skills, so that people will no longer be afraid of going to the vegetable market.

1. Shiitake mushrooms

When buying shiitake mushrooms, you should choose to have cracks on the mushrooms. Although the appearance is an upgraded version of "flower mushrooms" of ordinary shiitake mushrooms, the growth conditions are strict. Only when it is cold and hot can it grow bursts, so the amino acid content is higher, the moisture content is less, and the taste is more delicious. Also, do not buy mushroom slabs with straight strips on them, as the merchant may have manually cut them.

2. Small cucumbers

When buying cucumbers, you should choose small and many thorns. This is the protective shell during the growth of cucumbers, which can prevent animals and cripplings from coming to eat. The harder it feels, the better it is. The pulp-free and soft cucumber is opened to see. It is dry and has no moisture inside, and it is not delicious.

3. Green leaves

All green leaves

Look at the leaves, the greener the color, the fresher it is. If you buy it and leave it for a long time and lose water, soak it directly in water, and it will turn back to a fresh and crisp appearance.

4. Eggplant

Eggplant should be selected with more white sides on the top, because the eggplant is white when it grows out, and after contacting the air, the anthocyanins will become purple. Therefore, it means that it has not been long since it grows out and is fresh and delicious.

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5. Green chili

The spicyness of green chili depends mainly on the appearance. The straight and smooth pendant has less capsaicin, which is suitable for people who do not eat spicy food; on the contrary, those with more cherry and cherry are more spicy.