Right now we have produce coming out our ears! I read somewhere how you can turn cantelope into push-up pops…do you think I can find it? We’ve been fermenting salsa as soon as we have enough on hand to make a double batch. I am sure that by the end of the growing season I’ll be glad to take a few months off of peeling and chopping tomatoes. My biggest nemisis right now is cucumbers. I have cucumbers in the fridge, on the counter, and now a fresh batch from this weeks CSA. Anyone have any ideas on what to do with these things? Can I make pickles with them, relish?
Getting ready to start homeschool up again next week, in case readers are wondering where on earth I have been. It takes some set up and re-organization. With little ones crawling around it has been even harder than last year. Soon we will be up and running again (if we can dig out of the mound of cucumbers!)
Manda said,
August 15, 2007 at 9:59 am
You could toss some cucumbers into Kimchi… My Dh’s Grandmother also makes a really good sweet pickle relish from cucumbers. Don’t ask me how though, I have no clue!
CSABCS said,
August 15, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Pickles!! You don’t have to can them, you can make them and keep in the fridge. If you like bread and butter pickles, here’s a good recipe:
2 lbs cucumbers
1 onion sliced 1/4 slices
1.5 t salt
1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup water
2 t. mustard seeds
2 t. dill
2 t.tumeric
dash of red pepper flakes.
set aside sliced cucumbers and onions, and combine remaining ingredients in sauce pan. bring to a boil, simmer 10 minutes, then pour over cucumbers and place in fridge to cool. lasts several weeks. around here they’re eaten before they really even develop flavor-wise.