{"id":137226,"date":"2023-06-02T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mauritian-cucumbers-are-part-of-my-heritage-its-not-too-late-to-sow-their-seeds\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T17:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T10:11:24","slug":"mauritian-cucumbers-are-part-of-my-heritage-its-not-too-late-to-sow-their-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mauritian-cucumbers-are-part-of-my-heritage-its-not-too-late-to-sow-their-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauritian cucumbers are part of my heritage. It\u2019s not too late to sow their seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPick a variety to suit your growing space, and add this pleasantly sweet-tasting fruit to your summer salads and drinksA few years after I\u2019d left my job in television to dedicate myself to growing and writing about food, my dad handed me an envelope of seeds from his favourite vegetable from home \u2013 a Mauritian cucumber. It was something of a gauntlet thrown down as my parents were still making sense of the new path I was doggedly pursuing.It took three seasons for those seeds to germinate and take root under my care, and it was a magical day when I was able to present my dad with a basket full of cucumbers that had grown from the soil of my East Sussex garden. And this cucumber \u2013 light skin, crisp flesh and pleasantly sweet \u2013 was so special that it became a character in my book, Unearthed, which charts my journey into food growing, woven through with stories of my family and of Mauritius. Growing the food of my heritage, the food that our family was brought up on, has been one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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