This means having a glove and an extra tool to wash, but if you’re making a larger batch, it’s totally worth it. If you have a mandolin slicer with some cut-proof gloves you can make quick work of slicing these up. Whichever method you decide to use, your ultimate goal is to get thin slices of cucumber without any slices of your finger :). I am completely fine using these other varieties because they tend to offer organic cucumbers whereas that can be harder to come by at Asian supermarkets. To be honest I’m not sure if it’s a different variety, but they taste very similar and work great too. Lots of American supermarkets have started to carry these in the last few years too, sometimes referred to as hot house cucumbers. I find Japanese cucumbers at my local Japanese markets, otherwise Trader Joe’s works for the Persian variety.
You won’t even need to remove the seeds, since they’re pretty much non-existant. These varieties are crunchier, and have a thin skin you can just leave on. You want to go for Japanese cucumbers to do it right, otherwise Persian cucumbers do the trick too.