The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: caracroft on September 01, 2013, 11:51:44 pm
-
Help Please!!
I have now got 7 cucumbers that I had to pick and they are all over 15 inches long!!!
I need some ideas other than salad before they start going soft!!!
Can you pickle normal cues like gherkins - can you do a sweeter pickle or relish that can be stored for the year??
thank you for any suggestions ( now Im off to pickle my chillies and dry my tomatoes)
Cara
-
I found these with a good old fashioned google search. I've never tried any of them, so don't know if they are any good. Hope they help :fc:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pickledcucumber_11033 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pickledcucumber_11033)
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/soups/late-summer-cucumber-soup.html (http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/soups/late-summer-cucumber-soup.html)
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Rummage-Relish/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Thumb&e11=cucumber%20pickle&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Recipe%20Hub (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Rummage-Relish/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Thumb&e11=cucumber%20pickle&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Recipe%20Hub)
I'm going to try the last one. It looks real good.
-
Or sell to friends and workmates - they taste so much better than shop ones
-
I tried giving some of our extras to workmates Simon, but it sort of back fired - it turns out none of them were used to mis-shapen vegetables!
One lassie looked very embarrassed and then asked where you put the batteries! :innocent:
-
Oh, and I brought in some extra courgettes the other day:
"What's that?"
"It's a Courgette"
"What do they taste of?"
"Courgette"
"I don't think I like vegetables"
:roflanim:
It's almost as good as when Mrs Womble was at the supermarket the other day and the chap on the checkout asked "Excuse me, but what exactly IS this?". "Er, it's called a leek", replied my Mrs.... ;D
-
if its ever a problem again i will always collect, home grown cucumbers actually have some flavour...
as for pickling they tend to go soft if stored too long but if sliced and layered with some slivers of red onion and covered in white wine vinegar they are yummy for a month or more, (they never last that long here)
-
You need my OH who can sit and eat a cucumber from end to end!!
-
You can also stuff them and cook like marrow.
-
See my other post - marrow and ginger jam should work with cucumber.
-
I remember years ago my aunt cutting them into rings and stuffing those with cottage cheese and then putting them in the freezer. At the time I didn't like either cu or cottage cheese so it wasn't a hit with me but make worth trying.
-
Hi Sorry for the delay in replying.
Thank you all so much for all your suggestions - I will be busy in the kitchen now lol!!!
The Jam sounds nice btw Ina.
Cara :pig:
-
Look up Sarah Ravens Garden book Sweet cucumber pickle. If you cant get it i will type it up later Its lovely
-
http://www.instructables.com/id/Use-Your-Overgrown-Cucumbers-Candied-Cinnamon-Pi/ (http://www.instructables.com/id/Use-Your-Overgrown-Cucumbers-Candied-Cinnamon-Pi/)
My friends in the US make this and Im trying it this year.
The lime stuff is called Chuna in Indian stored or on ebay