Worth's 2017 Accidental Garden. - Page 36

imp · July 16, 2017

For me, same same. Clemson was always a high producer for me, followed real close by Milsap white and the velvets and closely followed by the colored okras. Not enough difference to holler at, but then I mostly grow too much okra.

I like to plant them in the devils strip, where the heat is real hot and the soil a bit more poor. They look pretty out there, with the blooms and everyone thinks they are hibiscus.

Worth1 · July 16, 2017

Thank you imp.

I thought I was caught up on cucumbers and looked in the refrigerator, my cucumber sack is full again.

Now I am looking into cooking them some how.
Worth

SteveP · July 16, 2017

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Thank you imp.

I thought I was caught up on cucumbers and looked in the refrigerator, my cucumber sack is full again.

Now I am looking into cooking them some how.
Worth

2 years ago my son was here visiting from Omaha and before he left I told him to go to the back porch and grab some tomatoes, zukes and cukes. When they got home he decided he was going to bake a zuke. Lol, he mistakenly had grabbed a cucumber. Said it really stunk up the house and trashcan.

Worth1 · July 16, 2017

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Originally Posted by SteveP

2 years ago my son was here visiting from Omaha and before he left I told him to go to the back porch and grab some tomatoes, zukes and cukes. When they got home he decided he was going to bake a zuke. Lol, he mistakenly had grabbed a cucumber. Said it really stunk up the house and trashcan.

I'm eating cooked ones as we speak.
Peeled.
Cooked in butter with sweet corn cut off the cob.
Fennel seeds.
Salt.
Black pepper.
Garam masala.
Fresh cut basil leaves.
I will eat it again it is very good.
I did not cook till mushy.
Worth

Jonnyhat · July 16, 2017

grilled cucumber with dill served with kosher salt, tzatziki and kalamata olives... heaven

dmforcier · July 17, 2017

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I thought I was caught up on cucumbers and looked in the refrigerator, my cucumber sack is full again.

Now I am looking into cooking them some how.

My SIL makes a killer gazpacho that includes a lot of cucumber. I don't have the recipe, but something to check into.

Floating a cucumber slice in a martini makes it a whole different drink, but you won't get rid of many that way...

Father'sDaughter · July 17, 2017

I hate raw cucumbers.

Fortunately my son and husband love them, because I counted 30 baby cucumbers on my four plants this afternoon.

I will eat cucumber quick/refrigerator pickles, so I guess it's time to stock up on white vinegar. My husband loves sliced cucumbers with balsamic vinegar, so I guess I need to check my inventory of that as well.

AlittleSalt · July 17, 2017

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Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

I hate raw cucumbers.

+1 So do I - I can't stand them

Worth1 · July 17, 2017

I ate too many cucumbers growing up.
As for the dark green store bought ones they do suck the skin is horrible.
Yesterday I saw a monster hanging in the wide open I have no idea how I missed it.
I think I might be going cucumber blind.
One thing that baffles me is my parents grew cucumbers every year but not one time did they trellis them, not one time.
There is simply no better way to grow them.

Every time I hear or read the word gazpacho I think of the Simpsons where Lisa tried to force everyone to be vegetarian at Homers BBQ.

Worth

zipcode · July 17, 2017

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

+1 So do I - I can't stand them

I don't really like them either (can't say I hate them), but there is a recipe you need to try if you haven't. Fairly thinly cut slices (rounds), add salt, decent amount of ground pepper, a tiny bit of vinegar, one garlic clove very thinly sliced, a little bit of oil. This is the standard cucumber salad that I know of, it doesn't seem very known though.

Worth1 · July 17, 2017

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Originally Posted by zipcode

I don't really like them either (can't say I hate them), but there is a recipe you need to try if you haven't. Fairly thinly cut slices (rounds), add salt, decent amount of ground pepper, a tiny bit of vinegar, one garlic clove very thinly sliced, a little bit of oil. This is the standard cucumber salad that I know of, it doesn't seem very known though.

Pretty much what I was raised on bu the garlic my father hated.
He would actually scold and yell me for eating it.

I think he had genes from Denmark in him, the land of the bland.

Worth

SharonRossy · July 17, 2017

Well as a Lebanese - we make a cucumber salad with garlic, salt, fresh or dried mint and cukes. Smash the garlic with salt, mix it in yogurt - preferably a thick, greek style yogurt. Peel and cube cucumbers, add some pepper, mint and you're good to go. Remove seeds if the cucumbers are seedy.

You could salt the cukes first - we never did because we made it and ate it pretty much right away.

It is delicious and a good way to use up those cucumbers.

Sharon

imp · July 17, 2017

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Thank you imp.

I thought I was caught up on cucumbers and looked in the refrigerator, my cucumber sack is full again.

Now I am looking into cooking them some how.
Worth

Braised Cucumbers

http://www.jessieweaver.net/2009/08/...ng-revelation/

Nematode · July 17, 2017

I am pretty sure nothing good happens when you cook a cucumber.

But I trust Imp, an againt my better judgement may try the braised ones sometime this decade.

SharonRossy · July 17, 2017

Pretty much agree - cucumbers cooked in any fashion - not for me!

July 16, 2017	#526
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	For me, same same. Clemson was always a high producer for me, followed real close by Milsap white and the velvets and closely followed by the colored okras. Not enough difference to holler at, but then I mostly grow too much okra. I like to plant them in the devils strip, where the heat is real hot and the soil a bit more poor. They look pretty out there, with the blooms and everyone thinks they are hibiscus.

July 16, 2017	#527
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Thank you imp. I thought I was caught up on cucumbers and looked in the refrigerator, my cucumber sack is full again. Now I am looking into cooking them some how. Worth

July 16, 2017	#530
Jonnyhat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 337	grilled cucumber with dill served with kosher salt, tzatziki and kalamata olives... heaven

July 17, 2017	#532
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	I hate raw cucumbers. Fortunately my son and husband love them, because I counted 30 baby cucumbers on my four plants this afternoon. I will eat cucumber quick/refrigerator pickles, so I guess it's time to stock up on white vinegar. My husband loves sliced cucumbers with balsamic vinegar, so I guess I need to check my inventory of that as well.

July 17, 2017	#534
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I ate too many cucumbers growing up. As for the dark green store bought ones they do suck the skin is horrible. Yesterday I saw a monster hanging in the wide open I have no idea how I missed it. I think I might be going cucumber blind. One thing that baffles me is my parents grew cucumbers every year but not one time did they trellis them, not one time. There is simply no better way to grow them. Every time I hear or read the word gazpacho I think of the Simpsons where Lisa tried to force everyone to be vegetarian at Homers BBQ. Worth

July 17, 2017	#537
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	Well as a Lebanese - we make a cucumber salad with garlic, salt, fresh or dried mint and cukes. Smash the garlic with salt, mix it in yogurt - preferably a thick, greek style yogurt. Peel and cube cucumbers, add some pepper, mint and you're good to go. Remove seeds if the cucumbers are seedy. You could salt the cukes first - we never did because we made it and ate it pretty much right away. It is delicious and a good way to use up those cucumbers. Sharon

July 17, 2017	#539
Nematode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: massachusetts Posts: 1,710	I am pretty sure nothing good happens when you cook a cucumber. But I trust Imp, an againt my better judgement may try the braised ones sometime this decade.

July 17, 2017	#540
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	Pretty much agree - cucumbers cooked in any fashion - not for me!