This Little Leaf Cucumber is pretty and cute. It's about the easiest veggie I've ever grown and harvested.
Bob
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This Little Leaf Cucumber is pretty and cute. It's about the easiest veggie I've ever grown and harvested.
Bob
Brown Thumb
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I like this pickle recipe if I only have a few at a time. They do have a different taste tho. Quick and easy.
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Fermented Pickles with Garlic and Dill
How to make Fermented Pickles! A simple recipe for making crunchy, tangy, "Manhattan-style" Garlic Dill pickles w/ only 20 minutes of hands-on time!
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The lactate fermented pickles (with dill and garlic) are closer to Claussen style pickles than the vinegar pickles that are sold on the unrefrigerated shelves of the grocery stores.
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Jvergen
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Well I hope this counts for the garden just netted some Frontenac grapes these are 3 years in the making 
Now those slippery grapes can't get away
Looks like you'll have a good harvest. Are you going to try making wine with them? Out here people use muscadine grapes for wine making. It's different but good.
Just trying to relink to my older post of the putative wild Gandoderma sp. that is still growing in the backyard. My "official" mushroom Gandoderma kit is begining to take form and is still a few weeks out from fully forming...
They are supposed to have healthy medicinal properties - personally I would have preferred a nice delicious lions mane or even oyster mushrooms, but since the kids gave it to me I can at least say it's neat looking
Good thing that grows from a kit. If I came across it in the wild, it just wouldn't shout, "eat me".
Bob
Even from a kit I'm not convinced I'm going to eat it
Its supposed to be bitter and is usually made int a tea to harness its full healing powers. We'll see when the time comes
Gandoderma sp. is apparently not particularly cytotoxic, and is being researched as a carcinostatic compound.
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Jvergen
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Yes plan on making wine with them have a couple other varieties also this year, hopefully we will get a couple of bottles for its first yearNow those slippery grapes can't get away
Looks like you'll have a good harvest. Are you going to try making wine with them? Out here people use muscadine grapes for wine making. It's different but good.
It's been all of 3 days since I had any cukes of a size to harvest. I'm lazy. Now...what to do with them,
Bob
GreenDragon
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I made this the other day as a change from the classic cucumber/tomato/red onion vinaigrette and quite enjoyed it. https://omnivorescookbook.com/recipes/easy-chinese-cucumber-salad
Oldfella
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I wonder, have you ever tried cucumber wine? Maybe interesting.
It's been all of 3 days since I had any cukes of a size to harvest. I'm lazy. Now...what to do with them,
Bob
Oldfella
I'm more likely to try cucumber soup.
"The secret to making delicious cucumber salad is to give the cucumber a coarse texture so it holds more sauce. Instead of chopping the cucumber, smash it with a cleaver first."
Hmmm. Smash the cucumber. I'll have to think about that.
Bob
Oldfella
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I think I have read a post here that uses smashed cucumber.
I'm not sure what it was but I think it was a salad.
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ChinaVoodoo
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The wife used to make some fried cucumber thing she called gorgen morgen, but I have a feeling that name was given to the recipe by the Swedish chef .
Bob, If you are into Asian food there are a lot of different types of bahn mi recepies with cucumber. Personally I like bahn mi with just thin slices of pork, cucumbers and the sauce on the buns.
There is always tazaiki for gyros or as a dip - for eating more cucumbers
Even better you could hit @Charly up for some slugs and use the cucumbers to cover your eyes while applying a slug/snail mask, you could be beautiful in no time
There is always tazaiki for gyros or as a dip - for eating more cucumbers
Even better you could hit @Charly up for some slugs and use the cucumbers to cover your eyes while applying a slug/snail mask, you could be beautiful in no time
The tzaziki sounds good, but I'll have to make up a batch of yogurt.
Bob
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You can cheat and substitute sour cream for yogurt. It's slightly different but comes out pretty good.
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