Comments on: Super easy cucumber salad http://blog.newarknaturalfoods.com/2007/07/11/super-easy-cucumber-salad/ Newark Natural Foods Cooperative Members Speak Out Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:49:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: webmaster http://blog.newarknaturalfoods.com/2007/07/11/super-easy-cucumber-salad/#comment-8673 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:32:34 +0000 http://blog.newarknaturalfoods.com/2007/07/11/super-easy-cucumber-salad/#comment-8673 Sharon- Thanks! Speaking of cucumbers and easy recipes...a simple but yummy way to pickle cucumbers is to press them. You can buy a salad press (as if you really need another big kitchen tool to find a home for!) or you can use a colander. Peel and thinly slice the cukes. Lay them, one layer at a time, each layer sprinkled liberally with salt, into the colander. Place a plate on top and a weight on top of the plate. Let sit in a tray or in the sink as the cucumers will release a lot of water. The longer you leave them, the more pickled they get. I like to wait at least an hour. Rinse with cool water if you think they are too salty. Add some chopped dill for variation. Sharon- Thanks! Speaking of cucumbers and easy recipes…a simple but yummy way to pickle cucumbers is to press them. You can buy a salad press (as if you really need another big kitchen tool to find a home for!) or you can use a colander. Peel and thinly slice the cukes. Lay them, one layer at a time, each layer sprinkled liberally with salt, into the colander. Place a plate on top and a weight on top of the plate. Let sit in a tray or in the sink as the cucumers will release a lot of water. The longer you leave them, the more pickled they get. I like to wait at least an hour. Rinse with cool water if you think they are too salty. Add some chopped dill for variation.

]]> by: Sharon Carson http://blog.newarknaturalfoods.com/2007/07/11/super-easy-cucumber-salad/#comment-8574 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:34:34 +0000 http://blog.newarknaturalfoods.com/2007/07/11/super-easy-cucumber-salad/#comment-8574 Hi Folks ,A good receipe! I usually just slice cucs, tomatoes, sweet peppers, and a few fresh sweet onions and serve with a vinerarette. It is a very cooling salad and does not require any lettuce which is impossible to grow in the summer with global warming going on . Here is another given to our group by Lisa Truitt "Easy raw cucumber pickles " ( makes one Quart ) 1. slice fresh cucumbers 1/4 inch thick into one quart jar (remove ends) 2. Pour a mixture of 2 cups water , 1/2 cup raw apple cider vinegar, 1 teaspoon celtic or REAL salt 1 tablespoon of pickling spice, 2 tablespoons Raw honey,... over the sliced cucs (Optional ...add a clove of raw garlic and a seedhead of fresh dill) 3. leave loosely covered on the counter for two days ,then refrigerate . will keep indefinately as long as refrigerated . These taste great and are very crisp Submitted by Sharon of Sharon's Natural Gardens Hi Folks ,A good receipe! I usually just slice cucs, tomatoes, sweet peppers, and a few fresh sweet onions and serve with a vinerarette. It is a very cooling salad and does not require any lettuce which is impossible to grow in the summer with global warming going on .
Here is another given to our group by Lisa Truitt

“Easy raw cucumber pickles ”

( makes one Quart )
1. slice fresh cucumbers 1/4 inch thick into one quart jar (remove ends)
2. Pour a mixture of 2 cups water ,
1/2 cup raw apple cider vinegar,
1 teaspoon celtic or REAL salt
1 tablespoon of pickling spice,
2 tablespoons Raw honey,… over the sliced cucs
(Optional …add a clove of raw garlic and a seedhead of fresh dill)
3. leave loosely covered on the counter for two days ,then refrigerate .
will keep indefinately as long as refrigerated .
These taste great and are very crisp
Submitted by Sharon of Sharon’s Natural Gardens

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