Too many cucumbers (recipe)

[Ali]

Cucumber Yogurt Salad Recipe

Ingredients

2 cucumbers, peeled, quartered lengthwise, then sliced
Plain yogurt, about 1 cup
1 teaspoon dried dill, or a couple of teaspoons of fresh dill
Sprinkling of salt and pepper

Method

First taste the cucumbers to make sure that they are not bitter. Depending on the variety of cucumber you are using, and many other factors, you may find a cucumber that is distinctly bitter in taste. If this happens, soak the cucumber slices in salted water for half an hour, or longer, until the bitterness is reduced, then rinse and drain before using.

To make the salad, simply gently mix together the ingredients. Salt and pepper to taste.

[Ali]

and another.........

Garlic chicken with cucumber

Ingredients

450g/1lb boneless chicken breasts, skinned

450g/1lb cucumber

2 tsp salt

1 tbsp groundnut oil

1½ tbsp garlic, finely chopped 1 tbsp spring onions, finely choped

1 tbsp light soy sauce

1 tbsp Shaoxing wine or dry sherry

2 tsp chilli bean sauce or chilli powder

2 tsp sesame oil

Preparation method

Cut the chicken into 2.5cm/1in cubes and set aside.

Peel the cucumber, halve it and remove the seeds with a teaspoon. Then cut it into 2.5cm/1in cubes, sprinkle with salt and put the cucumber into a colander to drain for 20 minutes. (This removes the excess moisture from the cucumber).

Next rinse the cucumber cubes in running cold water and blot them dry with kitchen paper.

Heat a wok or large frying pan until very hot.

Add the oil and when it is very hot and slightly smoking, add the chicken cubes and stir-fry them for a few seconds.

Add all the other ingredients except the cucumber and continue to stir-fry for another 2 minutes.

Now add the cucumber cubes and keep stir-frying the entire mixture for another 3 minutes. Serve at once.

[troll]

Or just feed them to the chooks!

[Madame Moorhen]

Oh yes they love em, and give em away to the neighbours (some of whom won't know what to do with them as they are strange new vegetables ;D)

You can make relish or bread and butter pickles too, though we have relish here from 2005 and I chucked the b&b pickle as I got sick of the stuff. Now just give excess away.

[4STIX]

The Germans and Spanish are short of cucumbers at the mo!!!!

[Madame Moorhen]

I thought they had mountains of them cos nobody dared eat them? And it was beansprouts after all.