Commentary for Chullin 223:1

דאגב חורפיה בלע אבל קישות גריר לבי פסקיה ואכיל

since on account of its pungency it absorbs [from the knife]; but in the case of a cucumber one need only scrape away the surface of the cut and then one may eat it [with a milk sauce].

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