{'byline': 'by Mo & Styckman', 'hosts': '', 'byline_sources': 'US 101', 'hide_author': True, 'audience_id': '', 'original_station': [{'station': 'us101country', 'path': 'us101country/blogs/mo-styckman/what-is-milking-cucumbers-and-does-it-make-them-taste-bette'}], 'syndicated_items': '', 'original_item': {'_index': 'published-content_v44', '_type': '_doc', '_score': None, '_source': {'date': '2020-05-15T21:28:00.000+00:00', 'lead': [{'data': {'_version': 2, 'contentId': 'L7z6lGu_sQE', 'videoType': 'Editorial', 'isPlaylist': False, 'videoTitle': 'Viral video reveals why you should be MILKING your cucumbers before eating them', 'videoValid': True, 'channelName': 'Mix Viral Video MVV', 'videoSource': 'video', 'videoDuration': 59, 'videoThumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L7z6lGu_sQE/hqdefault.jpg', 'previousTypeRelated': False, 'origSource': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7z6lGu_sQE'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/youtube/instances/migrate-us101country-18384@published'}], 'slug': 'mo-styckman-what-is-milking-cucumbers-and-does-it-make-them-taste-bette', 'tags': ['Trending', 'Mo & StyckMan', 'Cucumbers', 'food', 'viral', '98.1 The Lake'], 'feeds': {'rss': True, 'newsfeed': True, 'sitemaps': True, 'apple-news': False, 'most-popular': True, 'smartNews': True, 'msn': True, 'frequency': True, 'google-news-feed': True, 'postup': True, 'reversechron': True, 'smart-news': True}, 'hosts': [], 'byline': [{'names': [{'name': 'Mo & Styckman', 'text': 'Mo Styckman', 'slug': 'mo-styckman'}], 'sources': [{'text': 'US 101'}], 'hosts': [], 'prefix': 'by'}], 'teaser': 'What is “Milking Cucumbers” And Does It Make Them Taste Better', 'authors': ['Mo Styckman'], 'content': [{'data': {'text': "When we're bored we do new things with our food? <strong>See Above Video</strong>!"}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-us101country-18384-0@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Apparently, there\'s a new trend from <strong><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TikTok</a></strong> where people are <strong>MILKING CUCUMBERS</strong>...and you know, if it\'s on TikTok it\'s the THING TO DO. <strong>See Above Video!</strong>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-us101country-18384-1@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Here's how it works, you cut the end off of a cucumber, then start rubbing that little piece that you just cut off in a circular motion on the area of the cucumber you just cut it from. <strong>See Above Video!</strong>"}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-us101country-18384-2@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'And as you do it, white stuff starts coming out of the edges of the cucumber. Hence the name "milking?!" \xa0When you brush that stuff away and eat the cucumber . . . believe it or not, it TASTES BETTER'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/migrate-us101country-18384-3@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Is this real? "Yes, this is a real thing," <strong>John Adler</strong>, vice president of culinary operations at meal-kit delivery service <strong>Blue Apron</strong>, told <strong><a href="https://www.today.com/food/does-milking-cucumbers-actually-make-them-taste-better-t181679" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TODAY</a></strong>. 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