LoreD
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| Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: Cooked cucumbers and radishes |
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Years ago, I saw on TV a chef who cooked radishes in butter and I tried it and it was so good that my brother-in-law insisted that I grow an entire section of the garden in radishes.
I've been harvesting about 10 cucumbers a day and I was trying to figure out a way to have something different than just salad or soup and I read about people all over the world eating cooked cucumbers and it was really good. I cooked it in butter like summer squash, it was tender but still crisp, looked beautiful, and had a sweet and mellow taste.
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eileen
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Isn't it great when we find new ways of using our veggies?  I'm giving tomatoes away here as I've run out of ideas on what to do with them all. 
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jubabe296
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I will have to try the radishes and cucumbers cooked!! I don't care much for radishes so we didn't plant any this year but maybe next year I'll plant some just to try them cooked in butter!! I love cucumber anyway so I'm sure I would love them cooked like squash!! Thanks for the cooking ideas!!
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dooley
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Radishes are great in stirfry. Tomatoes make great jam. DR's grandma used to send it to us. Only once she put in too many cloves. We ate it anyway. Dooley
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wannabe
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| Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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I have had radish and cucumber in egg rolls and stir fry but never tried it in butter. The tomato jam doesn't sound to interesting either.
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dooley
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wannabe, Grandma Sackett made tomato jam. It really is good. Did you never have it before. Tomatoes are a fruit you know. It is better without cloves though. Dooley
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wannabe
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If Grandma Sackett made it I have probably ate it. I know she made chess pie and it wasn't to bad.
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I loved watching her cook. She never measured anything. I watched her making egg noodles one day. It was a sight to see. I tried it her way. What a mess I made of it. I'm glad she wasn't there to see it. Mom cooked that way too. Now, I can do some things that way, but mostly I measure things. Dooley
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wannabe
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I can make egg noodles without measuring but I will never get the hang of making a cake nor do I do well with bread.
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