# What are these vegetables? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 22, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051 "2020-07-22T22:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/1 "2020-07-22T22:04:21Z")
We get a bag-o-veggies each week from the local farmers’ market. They put whatever they want into it. This week there were these very small. . .somethings. Any ideas? [https://imgur.com/a/rALlu35](https://imgur.com/a/rALlu35) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/2 "2020-07-22T22:06:51Z")
Goodness Idk looks like a potato radish baby rutabaga? I need answer fast 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/3 "2020-07-22T22:08:50Z")
They look like potatoes. What are they like on the inside? ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/4 "2020-07-22T22:14:33Z")
It looks like there’s a dead blossom on one end of each globe; if so, they’re not a root vegetable. I’m going to guess something in the zucchini family, or maybe quince. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/5 "2020-07-22T22:23:46Z")
I’m guessing [lemon cucumbers](https://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Lemon_Cucumbers_3844.php). Here’s a better picture that looks more like yours: > **[Cucumber, Lemon](https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/products/cucumber-lemon)** > > Cucumber, Lemon (68 days) Cucumis sativus Very productive variety introduced in 1894 produces copious amounts of pale yellow round sweet and crunchy fruits that are delicious eaten right in the garden.  Never bitter.  Plants are... ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/6 "2020-07-22T23:29:06Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I’m guessing [lemon cucumbers](https://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Lemon_Cucumbers_3844.php) That looks like them, alright. Riddle solved. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/7 "2020-07-22T23:35:43Z")
That link says they are sweet and crunchy eaten raw; so please let us know how they taste, if they are delicious, etc. And where we can get some if they are tasty. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/8 "2020-07-22T23:39:01Z")
Lemon cucumbers are delicious! My favorite kind of cucumber. They have a pretty short season and don’t transport well. You almost always have to peel them. They have tough skins and (sometimes) little hairs that are kind of spiky. But they have the best slightly-citrus on-the-sweet-side cucumber taste and are quite crisp. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/9 "2020-07-22T23:41:51Z")
I’ve grown them in my garden, and they are all of that. The “lemon” in the name is for the color, not the taste. They taste like a baby cucumber, none of the bitterness you sometimes get with older cukes. I’d eat them straight, drizzled with a little rice vinegar, or in a salad. In my garden at least, they were better producers than other varieties. If you pick them when the skin is darker yellow, then I agree with **iamthewalrus** that they are better peeled. But picked earlier with pale yellow skin, I just ate them whole. That could be more reflective of my laziness than my good taste. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051/10 "2020-07-22T23:46:34Z")
I probably imagined the slight citrus from the name. And I’ve never grown them, only gotten them at farmers markets and (very rarely) in grocery stores. Now I am wondering if anywhere around here grows them…