Sainsbury's Selling Heart-Shaped Cucumber's

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  1. Aesculus

    Aesculus Bureaucrat 34 (Admin)

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    Source: http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/index.asp?NewsID=1469&PageID=424&Year=2011

    and for those interested in how they grow them that shape I think this image will help

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    I have some of those moulds, they cost a fortune to import (from Japan I think), and they are quite small - so restrictive to cucumbers. But the kids thought it was fun until the novelty wore off !

    I found this link on Google, and am pretty sure I didn't pay anything like that much!, but the Yen has strengthened a lot in recent years

    http://www.japantrendshop.com/heart-or-star-shaped-cucumber-mold-set-p-242.html
     
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    Scrungee Well known for it

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    I prefer the less healthy eating alternative (but I do have very low cholesterol, and they can be served up in February).

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  4. Phil A

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    Don't go typing "fun love cucumber" into a search engine without the safetys and your anti virus on.:D
     
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    I thought this was a joke, until I saw the second photo of the mould. I like the shaped fried egg better!
     
  6. Phil A

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    A man after my own heart there. Fried egg good, cucumber, devils vegetable.
     
  7. lukenotts

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    Hahaha reinstalling windows as we speak! :WINK1:

    A little worrying that the 10th search result on g**gle was '36 Reasons Why a Cucumber Is Better Than a Man' :th_scifD36:

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  8. cajary

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    Luke, that joke is hilarious:rofl:. Saw it years ago :heehee:
     
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    Im working on an article at the moment... trying to think of as many reasons as I can as to why Men are better than Cucumbers... Its currently titled

    '1 reason why a man is better than a cucumber' :huh:

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