(thing) by StormHunter Fri Mar 31 2000 at 2:36:53
The node title makes it sound more scandalous than it really is.

Simply, they're the spots where small, white, thorns grow out of the vegetable. They are usually so small as to not hurt you, and brush off quite easily, which is why your store cucumbers don't have thorns

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