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Hiya to Rusty too

Hiya Ophelia - long time no see.

How you doing me ole luv)

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Thanks for the reminder: I'd completely forgotten how good pickled
mature cucumbers can be! I had a recipe for a fermented kind, which
were a knock-out. I stopped because the family weren't as keen as I
was. Something like quarter them lengthways, salt overnight, drain,
put in jar with water and herbs, and wait for them to stop
overflowing before sealing. Not unlike the sauerkraut or kim-u-chee
principle. I must have it written down somewhere...

I would like the recipe if you will share Mike?

And don't forget you make make tzatziki and cook with cucumbers in stir
fries.

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Thanks for the reminder: I'd completely forgotten how good pickled
mature cucumbers can be! I had a recipe for a fermented kind,
which
were a knock-out. I stopped because the family weren't as keen as
I
was.

Receipt! Receipt!
[...]
See earlier message, aimed at Ophelia. I gather you like strong
flavours, so it would be worth trying. But I'm sure I had one where
the cues were quartered lengthwise: I've surfaced my
pickle-chutney-tracklement-receipt folders, but they're in great
disorder: if can get to the bottom of it, I'll post.

--
Mike.

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The Reid wrote:
Following up to Bob Hobden

Ridge cucumbers,

these are well worth doing, better taste than shop and easy to
grow, do cover ground though.

As you say, they do take up space: and how many cucumbers can one
get
through?


I used to grow ridge cucmbers vertically to save space. You had to
tie
them up as they grew, though.

And what I didn't eat I pickled. I can report that one year I had a
shelf of wallies like Zeppelins, and most of them in individual
jars...

Thanks for the reminder: I'd completely forgotten how good pickled
mature cucumbers can be! I had a recipe for a fermented kind, which
were a knock-out. I stopped because the family weren't as keen as I
was. Something like quarter them lengthways, salt overnight, drain,
put in jar with water and herbs, and wait for them to stop
overflowing before sealing. Not unlike the sauerkraut or kim-u-chee
principle. I must have it written down somewhere...

I would like the recipe if you will share Mike?

Hiya to Rusty too

Hi O! You know Rusty too? Small world
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"Mike Lyle" wrote
Thanks for the reminder: I'd completely forgotten how good pickled
mature cucumbers can be! I had a recipe for a fermented kind, which
were a knock-out. I stopped because the family weren't as keen as I
was. Something like quarter them lengthways, salt overnight, drain,
put in jar with water and herbs, and wait for them to stop
overflowing before sealing. Not unlike the sauerkraut or kim-u-chee
principle. I must have it written down somewhere...


Mike, by mature do you mean ripe, i.e. when they go yellow?

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Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

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Hiya to Rusty too

Hiya Ophelia - long time no see.

How you doing me ole luv)


Oooo, tolerabubbly, thank you.

Could be better, could be worse.

And you?

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Receipt! Receipt!
[...]
See earlier message, aimed at Ophelia. I gather you like strong
flavours, so it would be worth trying. But I'm sure I had one where
the cues were quartered lengthwise: I've surfaced my
pickle-chutney-tracklement-receipt folders, but they're in great
disorder: if can get to the bottom of it, I'll post.


Ta. No hurry, the cucumbers aren't ready yet...

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Hi O! You know Rusty too? Small world

Some of us have met Rusty, an interesting gentleman.

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Hi O! You know Rusty too? Small world

Some of us have met Rusty, an interesting gentleman.


Oh, BTW, did I tell you that someone loused-up the application for
funding, and JazzAngles folded?

Gill Alexander still golds gigs and jams in her barn, though.

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Hiya to Rusty too

Hiya Ophelia - long time no see.

How you doing me ole luv)


Oooo, tolerabubbly, thank you.

Could be better, could be worse.

And you?

Not so bad thanks

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Hi O! You know Rusty too? Small world

Some of us have met Rusty, an interesting gentleman.

I didn't know you looked in here, Elaine. Hello.
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Bob Hobden wrote:
"Mike Lyle" wrote
Thanks for the reminder: I'd completely forgotten how good pickled
mature cucumbers can be! I had a recipe for a fermented kind,
which
were a knock-out. I stopped because the family weren't as keen as
I
was. Something like quarter them lengthways, salt overnight,
drain,
put in jar with water and herbs, and wait for them to stop
overflowing before sealing. Not unlike the sauerkraut or
kim-u-chee
principle. I must have it written down somewhere...


Mike, by mature do you mean ripe, i.e. when they go yellow?

No, except for that yellow egg-shaped variety (name escapes me),
which I grew once. I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear: I just meant
"full-sized" as distinct from "gherkin-sized".

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Mike, by mature do you mean ripe, i.e. when they go yellow?

No, except for that yellow egg-shaped variety (name escapes me),
which I grew once. I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear: I just meant
"full-sized" as distinct from "gherkin-sized".


I've got a few seeds for that variety - well, a similar one - they're
melon-shaped, yellow and lightly lemon-flavoured.

And a small (gherkin sized) climbing variety from Thompson & Morgan
called Cucino (F1 hybrid)

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Hi O! You know Rusty too? Small world

Some of us have met Rusty, an interesting gentleman.

I didn't know you looked in here, Elaine. Hello.

Are you posting from food or gardening? (I'm posting from food)

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Hi O! You know Rusty too? Small world

Some of us have met Rusty, an interesting gentleman.


Oh, BTW, did I tell you that someone loused-up the application for
funding, and JazzAngles folded?

That's a B.


Gill Alexander still golds gigs and jams in her barn, though.


I might well get over sometime - having mor leave than Jones takes
holidays.

Even more OT (sorry everyone) did you get my email re a recently
deceased person?

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