Last summer, at our Roadside Stand, we sold Armenian cucumbers (along with everything else). For those of you who don't know, Armenian Cucumbers are the greatest cucumber, if not the greatest vegetable ever. These beauties grow over a foot long and curl into crazy shapes, not to mention that they are seedless, don't need to be peeled, and have the most refreshing and perfect cucumber flavor. People who like cucumbers love these. People who hate cucumbers even like them.
Anyway, we were selling Armenian cucumbers at our stand and we had one customer who would come every week and fill her bags full of cucumbers. Every week, she raved about how amazing they were and how much she loved them. After a couple weeks, she told me that her boyfriend had been visiting her and they ate one of our Armenian Cucumbers. That night, her boyfriend got up in the middle of the night and went and ate more cucumber because he couldn't stop thinking about it. The woman and I discussed whether it would be worth it to try and ship him cucumbers, but we eventually decided they probably wouldn't survive the journey. You can be sure, though, that she stocked up on Armenians before his next visit. It just goes to show the things people will do for a really good cucumber.
I'm happy to report that we have Armenian cucumbers in the ground and they are doing their best to grow despite the unseasonably cold whether. Hopefully it'll heat up and those plants can give us cucumbers soon!
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