As long as the dead mouse is in your home, the smell will get worse with time as the animal decays. So itâs important to find the carcass ASAP and get rid of it to stop the smell from getting worse. To locate the dead mouse in a wall or enclosed space, follow your nose.
Most cucumber plants contain compounds known as cucurbitacins (âkyew-ker-BIT-a-sinsâ) that cause fruit to taste bitter. At low levels, you arenât likely to detect them. But high levels of cucurbitacins produce extremely bitter fruit. Some cucumber varieties possess a gene that inhibits their formation.
The blossom end of cucumbers produce an enzyme that can make the pickle soft and unsafe to eat after pickling. You must cut at least 1/16 inch off the blossom end if you want to end up with crisp (and safe to eat) pickles. Itâs easy to tell which is the blossom end if youâre harvesting cucumbers from your own garden.