Cucumber is a fruit that is not only fresh and nutritious, but also has many beauty effects. In the summer, cucumbers are sold more and more. Cucumbers can be processed into many delicious dishes such as salads, stir-fries, juices, decorative dishes… When shopping for cucumbers, many people have the mentality of choosing straight fruits, instead of curved but real fruits. Is this a good choice? Growers have told 4 great tips when choosing cucumbers, you can refer. The way to choose cucumbers is similar. Look at the color of the cucumber When choosing cucumbers or cucumbers, we can first look at the color of the cucumber. Normal fresh cucumbers should be green and dark green, some people think that the lighter color will be softer, this is not the case. Because mature cucumbers/cucumbers naturally have a lot of sunlight During growth, the color is darker, while cucumbers that are fertilized or stimulant, as well as cucumbers in a greenhouse, the light time is shorter and the color is much lighter than that of naturally mature cucumbers. Therefore, you should choose fruits with a darker green color. Illustration. Look at the straightness of the cucumber When you buy cucumbers, you will usually see curved and straight fruits. Vegetable farmers said that cucumber is a natural vegetable, because it belongs to the family of vines, plus many factors such as light, temperature, fertilizer … so cucumbers will be bent somewhat. With straight fruits can be enlarged with stimulants. Therefore, it is best not to buy a fruit that is too straight, so choose a fruit that is slightly curved. But note also should not choose too curved fruit, curved, round shape, uneven fruit body such as big head and small head, these fruits are often stunted and lack nutrition. Look at the flowers in the cucumber navel When buying cucumbers, if we pay attention, we will see that there are many cucumbers that still have a small flower in the center of the fruit while most of them have no flowers. Many people believe that such fruits with flowers are usually freshly picked, still fresh. In fact, when picking naturally mature cucumbers, the flowers at the navel will fall off naturally after a day, leaving a scar on the top. As for melons with flowers at the navel that look very fresh, big and bright, after picking for many days still not falling, it shows that it is used growth drugs, so it is not recommended to buy such fruits. Look at the thorns of the cucumber When buying cucumbers, we often touch the thorns on the surface of the cucumber with our hands, these thorns can protect the cucumber during growth. If it is a fresh cucumber, the thorns on the surface will Small and dense, when touching with your hand, you will see the spines fall off. However, if the surface of the fruit is relatively smooth, usually the melon is long and not fresh, avoid buying. Once you have selected delicious cucumbers, you can bring them home to process into some of the following delicious dishes: 1. Cucumber Salad Resources: – 2 cucumbers – 1 chili – 1 bulb of garlic – 30ml rice vinegar – 1 teaspoon sugar – 1 teaspoon fish sauce – 1 pinch of cornstarch – 60ml of water Making: – Cucumbers are washed and soaked in salt water for 15 minutes, then rinsed under running water. – Cut off the ends of the melons and then scrape them into thin slices. Peel and mince garlic, minced chili. – You take each slice of melon, roll it into a circle, and place it on a plate so it’s beautiful. – Put fish sauce, sugar, rice vinegar, 60ml water, a little cornstarch, garlic and minced chili into the pot and stir well to dissolve. Turn on the stove to boil the fish sauce mixture, then turn off the stove, let it cool before using, so we get a slightly viscous fish sauce mixture. – When the fish sauce mixture has cooled, sprinkle it evenly on the cucumber plate, so the cucumber salad is complete. In just a few simple steps, you have a delicious, crispy, sweet and sour cucumber salad to enjoy! 2. Cucumber cake Resources: – 140g cucumber puree, 10g cooking oil, 20g fresh milk, 110g low gluten flour, 1 egg, 20g powdered sugar Making: – Cucumbers are washed, cut into small pieces, then put in a blender, puree. Then pour into a large bowl. – Pour milk, cooking oil into the bowl of grated cucumber. Crack the egg in. – Stir everything. Then sift in the low-gluten flour and powdered sugar. The amount of sugar can be customized according to your sweetness level. – Continue to stir the mixture into a liquid, no lumpy powder. – Prepare a non-stick pan, do not put oil in the pan nor turn on the heat. Use a spoon to scoop up some flour, pour it slowly from above, about 15cm from the pan surface. Let the dough spread out naturally into a circle. Then turn on the fire. – There are small holes on the surface of the cake, but that’s because the dough has not frozen. Then, when the bottom of the cake is cooked, turn it over and continue frying. After flipping this side, cook for a little longer, you will see the cake is slightly puffed in the middle, the cake is cooked. The cake has a faint scent of cucumber, very light and pleasant. Cucumber cake is delicious when eaten with ketchup. Good luck!

Phung Quan is a famous Vietnamese writer / poet. In 1945, he joined the National Guard, under the role of a reconnaissance soldier of the 101st Regiment (formerly Regiment Tran Cao Van). It was his early years of joining the resistance war that helped Phung Quan with valuable documents to help him write a work of a fierce childhood that was both corrupt and real. The fierce childhood consists of eight parts recording the hard fighting years of the children named Mung, Quynh Poem, Gathering, Scarred, Draped, Snake-skinned, Bay of Rattles, Veil … in the Youth Team. reconnaissance of the Tran Cao Van regiment in Hue in the early years of the war against the French. In the work Intense Childhood, each character is a story, a meaning that the author wants to convey. That is Cong congratulate the desire “to follow the brothers to fight the West for their country to be independent, so that after the nuns, if I have a disease that is worse than asthma, I will also be healed by the government”; As the brave Gathering, no one has the same intellect … According to literary critics, the years of fire and bombs lost, traumatic but heroic, are familiar topics in Vietnamese literature. Phung Quan also chose the arduous resistance war days as the main background. However, he chose a different path, not depicting seasoned soldiers, his main characters as young warriors. Childhood is not the days of innocent play, the childhood of Mung, Lom, and Quynh … are days of hard fighting and willingness to sacrifice for the Fatherland. This is the point of success and the thrill of a fierce Childhood. Commenting on the work, critic Nguyen Khac Vien commented: “The book is nearly 800 pages thick that readers never want to stop, attracted because of the innocent, cunning, heroic characters, because things are sometimes thrilling, sometimes funny, sometimes they cause tears … “. Thanks to the work’s unimaginable success, as soon as it was completed, Phung Quan’s Intense Childhood was published and received the Children’s Literature Award from the Vietnam Writers Association. Two years later, the work was made into a movie. Intense Childhood is director Nguyen Vinh Son’s debut film, produced in 1989. The film is called childhood but it is for both adults and children. The film won many major film awards such as the 1990 Silver Lotus Award, Best Director Award and Best Actor Award at the 1990 Film Festival. Invite readers to watch the video: Missing a teacher. Source: VTV TSTC.