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Cukes

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Post: # 23348Unread post asaump
Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:49 pm

Funny - I walked into a Subway a few months ago, you know, back when we were not all in isolation. There were two kids behind the counter. I asked to have cukes on my sandwich. They looked at me with a blank stare and said what do you want.? I said cukes. Both said they didn't know what that was. I said cucumbers. Both said they have never heard them called cukes. Really, I've got to think I am certainly not the only one that calls them that?
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Post: # 23351Unread post kath
Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:56 pm

Familiar to me...maybe it's a gardener thing.

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Post: # 23356Unread post pepperhead212
Wed Jun 24, 2020 1:04 pm

kath wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:56 pm Familiar to me...maybe it's a gardener thing.
That was my first thought - maybe only gardeners would know it! I wonder if they would have known what a zuke is?

What are some of the other abbreviations for veggies?
Woodbury, NJ zone 7a/7b

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Post: # 23367Unread post kath
Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:12 pm

Probably only those who recognize cuke, would understand zuke!
Maters and taters come to mind. ;)

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Post: # 23370Unread post brownrexx
Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:39 pm

I have always heard them called cukes but you know that many young people do not even eat veggies so it's not a surprise that they didn't know that word.

I'll bet that they know the abbreviated word fries!

Oh and I have seen cukes advertised as cues but I have never used that word.

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Post: # 23371Unread post GoDawgs
Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:43 pm

We've always called them cukes. I wonder if they know what spuds are.

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Post: # 23374Unread post asaump
Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:49 pm

Spuds = the dog in the bud light commercial.
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