Cucumbers are one of the world's favorite foods. In fact, in the U.S, people eat more than 8 pounds of cucumber every year, per Statista. The plant's popularity has been bolstered even more in the ...

We put cucumbers through dozens of storage tests—washed, unwashed, bagged, wrapped, and chilled—to find the most effective ways to keep them fresh and crunchy. Though cucumbers are best eaten within ...