How to Ribbon Cucumbers

To make cucumber ribbons start with a whole cucumber. Next, with your knife, go ahead and cut off the ends. It's just a little bit easier to work with. You want to go ahead and discard these because these ends are inedible. Now with your vegetable peeler, we're just going to go down the length of the cucumber as if you were peeling it. We're going to go ahead and discard this piece because it is mostly the skin which is a little bit bitter. I'm going to go right behind that and make another long piece. As you can see, it makes really nice cucumber ribbons that can be used in salads and all sorts of applications. Once you get to the seeds you are going to want to turn your cucumber a quarter a ways through. You don't want your ribbons to have the seeds in them because the seeds can also be a little bit bitter. And that is how you make cucumber ribbons.