2007-08-28 14:24:57 · 16 answers · asked by xxgerdyxxwillsxx 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
because cucumbers have bumps on them
2007-08-28 14:28:24 · answer #1 · answered by becker-lisa@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pickling
Main article: Pickled cucumber
Cucumbers can be pickled for flavor and longer shelf life.
As compared to eating cucumbers, pickling cucumbers tend to be shorter, thicker, less regularly-shaped, and have bumpy skin with tiny white- or black-dotted spines.
They are never waxed.
Color can vary from creamy yellow to pale or dark green. Pickling cucumbers are sometimes sold fresh as "Kirby" or "Liberty" cucumbers.
The pickling process removes or degrades much of the nutrient content, especially that of vitamin C.
Pickled cucumbers are soaked in vinegar or brine or a combination, often along with various spices.
hope this answers your question about why they have bumps.
2007-08-28 21:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. Diamond Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Id say, pickles have bumps on them because a pickle is a cucumber in vinegar and the acidity from the vinegar causes a chemical reaction in which the cucumber has bumps.
2007-08-28 21:35:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pickle is originally a cucumber....the bumps originate from the process.
2007-08-28 21:30:28 · answer #4 · answered by butterfly 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pickling cucumbers have little spines/bumps on them.
2007-08-28 21:29:01 · answer #5 · answered by jjudijo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pickles are actually cucumbers and when tey are pickled they shrink some causing the imperfections of it to come out
2007-08-28 21:31:53 · answer #6 · answered by tim p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they were abused before they got pickled. it adds a crunch, apparently. i am personally against abusing pickles
2007-08-28 21:33:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
...For the same reason why there are "bumps" on YOU; that's the way Nature makes them. :)
2007-08-28 21:33:30 · answer #8 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cucumbers are bumpy.
2007-08-28 21:30:10 · answer #9 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's cold in the water.
2007-08-28 21:28:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋