I Grew a Mutant Cucumber!

Cucumbers are coming in at a steady rate now. I'm picking about one cucumber every other day.  I've been using the cucumbers in sandwiches, I should save them until I have enough cucumbers to make Sweet Dill Pickles!

In the midst of the cucumber vine, I did find a weirdly shaped discolored cucumber.  Check out the one on the left.  It looks like such a mutant!  Not only is it an orangey color, it's round!!  It came off the same vine as the one on the right.  I did a Google search on why cucumbers turn this orangey color, and the search revealed that cucumbers turn this color when they are on the vine too long and over ripe.  They are still edible despite the weird color but they might taste bitter.  I tasted the orange cucumber and it tasted just fine.  It wasn't bitter at all, so it went into my sandwich for lunch.