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 [[Image:Cucumbers and spring onions.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Ready for the crispy duck]]
-Though it technically is a fruit, the [[cucumber]] is widely considered a vegetable.  It is used commonly used as a salad ingredient; raw, sliced and often peeled. The seeds can cause flatulence (gas), but can be easily removed by slicing length-ways into four quarters and then running a knife along each length to separate the seeds from the flesh.
+Though it technically is a fruit, the [[cucumber]] is widely considered a vegetable.  It is used commonly used as a salad ingredient; raw, sliced and often peeled. The seeds can cause flatulence (gas), but can be easily removed by slicing lengthwise into four quarters and then running a knife along each length to separate the seeds from the flesh.
 It is also a key ingredient for crispy duck pancakes.  A really good cheat to save time [[julienning]] a cucumber is to use the slicing attachment of a food processor. It does not look quite as good but it saves a lot of fiddly work. The [[spring onions]] can be dealt with in the same way as the picture shows.