Cucumber Season

[CandySueQ]

Make pickles! Adding to the shelf while I can.

[LA Pork Butt]

Yep! If have any number of cucumber vines you either have to work hard at giving them away or resort to canning!

[WayneT]

I pickle my cucumbers in gin and tonic.

[DTro]

Pretty!

[FireMan]

Do you prefer sweet or not? My preference is the not. Nuthin like a crunchy pickle.

[jfmorris]

Dill all the way here! I hate it when folks sneak those bread and butter pickles in on me...

[FireMan]

Yup there JF, could never figger out where they got the bread & butter. My wife liked em though.

[Murdy]

BOTH!!!

[CandySueQ]

I do both dill and B&B and have affection for both. On the far end is Mexican Corn Relish, which is pretty special.

[FireMan]

Ooooooh! Corn relish!

[ssandy_561]

Not canning related but my favorite two things to do with garden cucumbers are:

1. Slice the cucumbers thin, slice a candy onion thin and mix both in sour cream and let sit for three to 4 hours before you eat it.

2. Cube up the cucumbers and add it to a can of drained and rinsed chick peas. Mix in home made Italian dressing and freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

[Murdy]

I knew about the first one, we make it too. The second sounds great, and we will be trying it.

[barelfly]

Oh I’d be all on that! Been years since I’ve made whole pickles.

I’d also make cucumber and potato salad (German dish)!

[FireMan]

ssandy_561 stirred the Ol’ brain webs. One of my favorite is cubed cukes in laban (plain yogurt).

[DavidNorcross]

It is pickle season here is southwest VA too. Vegetables are really starting to come in and we are canning, freezing and dehydrating like crazy!

[Steve R.]

Thai cucumber salad (recipe here on AR) is a summertime favorite at my house!