Jun. 17, 2009 - ~What to do with all those cucumbers

Good morning!  It's a nice morning over here.  Doesn't appear it will be as muggy as yesterday and that alone is cause for a mini celebration.  The coffee is especially good this morning since I was able to add eggs to the brew.  What that does to the coffee I have no idea.  One day I'm going to have to investigate this little mystery......



The Lord certainly is blessing the garden lately.  This week I've had more cucumbers than I've been able to keep track of, picking and average of 4 each day.  It does appear to be slowing a bit the past couple days.  Our vegetable sacrifices have increased from about 1 out of 5 to 2 out of 5.  I think the right insects have received word and have done a great job bringing in their reinforcements.  We haven't used anything to rid the garden of the pests and I'm looking in to soil solarizing some time in the near future.  We'll see.....

The picture above is part of our dinner meal from two nights ago.  The cucumbers served as our salad for the evening accompanying our lentils and rice.  Last night we ate black beans and rice, homemade bisquits, and a plate of cucumbers as well (minus the dip).  I don't think it has ever occurred to me to do this.  My mind has been set on salad mode; though this cucumber thing has been a big hit.  Granted, some were more eager to eat their cucumbers than others, but by the second night we had another convert so I can see we're making progress.  And the plate has come up empty each time!

Just another spin on what to do with all the cucumbers from the garden.  Cut and serve


*Dip recipe:  4 ounces yogurt and 1 tsp dill seed.  Let sit in the frig at least an hour (longer is better) and serve with cucumbers.  We adults seemed to like this more than the children though.

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Jun. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Petersonclan

Did you read the idea on MOMYS about making cucumber lemonade? You blend the cucumbers, add some water so it's not so thick, then add some instant lemonade powder. I plan on sneaking it in on the kids when our cucumbers come in.

Of course, you can always make pickles too.

I love to eat them raw... on sandwiches and anywhere else. We have tons of blooms which will grow to cucumbers. Yesterday Josiah said, in a less than enthusiastic voice, "Look at all those future cucumbers." Sigh.

It was pretty funny. He was NOT thrilled at the thought of eating many, many cucumbers this summer. I can't wait, although I know that by the end of the summer we will be begging the vines to not have any cucumbers each day. Eventually I just pull them out because we are so sick of cucumbers!

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Jun. 19, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Eunice

I would love to try that one too Carrie- just sounds interesting! I also like sprout and cucumbers on bread w/cream cheese, but other than that I come up blank. Have you seen the new sandwich thins? Whole grain bread....heard it is YUMMY. Just got some from Sams - will probably try this with cuc's tomorrow.

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