What About Cucumbers?
Posted
Mon, 08/18/03
Over the last few weeks, a friend has given me several large cucumbers from her garden. I thought there were only a few ways in which to prepare the vegetable – in salads, as an appetizer soaked in vinegar and black pepper, or as a "tea treat" (cucumber sandwiches, with the variation of minced chicken and cucumber).
Cucumbers are also common in sauces used in Greek food, but I haven't been whipping up Greek fare lately, so there was no help there. There are dill pickles, naturally, but I'm not up for canning this week.
I did a bit of browsing and found a few recipes including cucumbers: Gardening 123 has nine recipes listed (from Beet & Cucumber Salad & Orange Dressing and Cucumber Soup to name a few) and the now-defunct Cucumber Recipe File (with a slew of cucumber recipes in most categories including drinks, sandwiches, soups, salads, dips, sauces, as well as hot and side dishes).
The following came from Dianne McKenzie at All Recipes:
Creamy Dill Cucumber Toasties
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, dressing mix and mayonnaise. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture on a slice of bread; top with a slice of cucumber. Sprinkle with dill. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Now I can put the fresh cuke's to use.
Tags: Gardening;
Vegetables
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