Cucumber

The  is a vegetable widely eaten by humans. In Japanese myth, the cucumber is also said to be the favorite food of kappa&mdash;turtle y&#X14D;kai.

In the 2012 TV series episode Tale of the Yokai, 16 years in the past, met and befriended the time-traveling mutant , ,  and &mdash;the same turtles who would later be adopted by her husband. After she brought them to her home, she fed them chopped cucumbers in accordance with myths about kappa. The turtles were initially not enthusiastic about eating cucumbers ( demanded pizza), but by the end of the episode they had already started enjoying them.