The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-12
CUCUMBERs As room.
ForeiED-Born Residents of Chicago
Eat More Than "A million Daily.

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Eat More Than "A million Daily.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
More than i0oooo0 oucumbers are con
sumed In Chicago every day during thu
season Of their creates, output. Practi-
cally all natives OF the tropics and many
from the more Northern climates eat Gu
cumbers "out OF the hand" as they eat
apples and peaches. without salt. pepper
or vinegar. The first arrivals OF eucum-
bers come from the Gulf o. Mexico re-
gion. and the last from the Canadian Dor
der. but Il Is not until they come By he
trainload that consumption Is as the high
est FOR then they are cheap enough TO al
low the poorest TO buy them. The demand
falls on In the import market as local
gardens begin GO offer supplies.
Every family from the tropics. as we'll
as others, plant nearly all the ground
about their dwelling TO cucumbers 50
while the total number consumed daily
could not be ascertained. Il Is a statistical
fact that Ia their season Of largest ar
rivals over iOoo.000 go into immediate
family consumption from the commission
houses, and Il may be said the arrivals
begin before the snow Is or the ground
In Chicago sn the later winter and con-
tinue until well on TO Christmas. When
the Northern gardens have marketed
their product the Southern gardens re-
sumo shipping, the crop being almost con-
tinuous down there.
The gardeners in and about Chicago.
as well as farmers within wagon distance
OF the city. devote a great deal Of space
10 cucumber cultivation. The demand In
creases from year 20 year. II - 10 b. OBJ
served that the custom OF eating cucum-
beers az fruit II eaten II becoming more
and more popular, though with the eN-
ception OF people from the tropics, the
rlnd Is removed and salt IL used. Those
who eat them rind and all without salt
or vinegar Gifted make one meal day
OF them, not only because they are mex
pensgve hut because they serve them
quite as well az meat In warm weather.
A cucumber may be said 20 BE- the regu-
lation snack" between meals for chill
dren, and grown people. too. for taas MAJ
ter. IN the Italian ana spanish districts.
and Germans and French people are fond
OF them. only they require some sort OF
seasoning.
Tntu recent years Americans looked up
on the cucumber as the creator of more
cramps iu the stomach and the greatest
friend OF cholera that grows out OF enc
ground. but no one believes that now.
There is no room for such belief. for the
consumption OF more than i,ve9"H cucum-
hers a day IN Chicago has not increased
stomach or bowel ailments a. al. A.
least that Is what medical practitioners
In the cucumber consumption quarters
say.
on the contrary. the cucumber has come
TO be looked upon as an exceedingly
healthful food. THIS. however. r. true
these men. women ard children who eat
cucum5ers "out OF the hand as well ss
sliced In vinegar never touch one after
IL mas become tho least biz decayed. nos
viii they eat them when sliced when they
are the least bit wiited. They must be
crisp and sound and when they are 80.
IL q claimed by those who nearly live on
them. that they are healthier. more salts
fving. and better "fatmakers" than any
kind Of fruit In equal quantity. one or
even two dozen cucumhers day are not
considered zoo many hy those who ore
used 10 making n meal OF them.