“... after the first bitter one, I’m afraid to taste them”.
My Mom used an old trick on large eggplant that was bitter. She would peel them, slice them and load salt on them. You leave it like that for a good twenty to thirty minutes. The salt “draws” out the bitterness. She would then rinse them very well and make whatever dish she had planned. I am thinking perhaps you could try this on the cucumbers (if you are planning on using them for salads etc). The crazy thing is if you taste the liquid that is expelled by the salt.. you taste pure bitterness. Just a thought!
I’m going to try that. Everybody else says that there is nothing you can do.
Peeling and soaking the eggplant is how Alton Brown (tv show) showed to fix eggplant. The salt draws out the bitterness which Has something in it he said is not good for eating-
I have never had bitter cukes so I am totally at a loss there. Perhaps brining them would also improve them. Let us know how that works.