Cooking Skill - Preparing a Cucumber

Leon - So here's a freshly washed cucumber.

Debbie - Yeah.

Leon - And we are going to prepare it now.

Debbie - Ok.

Leon - So over to you Debbie.

Debbie - So we just take the end off, be very careful when using your knife.

Leon - OK.

Debbie - Then we are going to cut it quite thinly.

Leon - I see you are using your finger there as a measure and a marker being careful not to hack it off I guess.  Slicing it thinly for what reason?

Debbie - It's just nicer to have it thinly when you are preparing it for salads.

Leon - Ok and other ways that you can prepare it?

Debbie - Yep, you can dice them and have them in sticks for dipping.