Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?

[mcmich]

Well worth covering the trees Chookie. Great harvest and yummy things planned to cook with them.

[achookwoman]

Yes,  Michele.  Tomorrow is the Farmers market swap.  I would like a couple of cucumbers,  maybe someone would like some apples.  Last night on SBS, on the Danish segment,  they made a quick cucumber salad by pickling them.  I did this today and they were delicious. think you would like this.  Simple and fresh tasting.  Make a mixture of equal parts of raw sugar and apple vinegar. Slice the cucumber VERY. Thin, soak in solution for 20 mins.   I used that potato thingy to slice the cucumbers.

[Emme]

Chookie, what a wonderful garden you have.  We have a apple and a nashi pear both with grafts of other varieties on but the coddling moth attacked the apples.  Will be doing something about that next year.

Marie

[mcmich]

Yes,  Michele.  Tomorrow is the Farmers market swap.  I would like a couple of cucumbers,  maybe someone would like some apples.  Last night on SBS, on the Danish segment,  they made a quick cucumber salad by pickling them.  I did this today and they were delicious. think you would like this.  Simple and fresh tasting.  Make a mixture of equal parts of raw sugar and apple vinegar. Slice the cucumber VERY. Thin, soak in solution for 20 mins.   I used that potato thingy to slice the cucumbers.

Thank you so much Chookie. That cucumber salad would be right up my alley. DH and I love pickled anything. What would happen if you soaked it overnight? Just would like to prepare ahead.
I'm doing this tomorrow. Yummo 

[mcmich]

I have one cucumber in the fridge and I'm off to make this now. Will see how it is in the fridge overnight. 

[mcmich]

Will try it in 20 minutes and then see how it tastes tomorrow.

[achookwoman]

Michele i think it will be fine,  just a little softer.  let us know.

[mcmich]

Very yummy after 20 minutes even better overnight. It didn't soften much, still had a nice crunch to it.
Thanks for the recipe Chookie. 

[achookwoman]

Michele,  thanks for doing the experimenting and reporting back.

[mcmich]

Have had some pickled cucumber tonight and the flavour is better than ever - it has lost the vinegar taste (which was OK) and just has a marvellous sweet/sour fragrant loveliness. I'm going to try and re use the marinade like I did the cabbage. I would definitely leave in the fridge overnight - for my palate it was much better. 

[Jude59]

Great sounding cucumber pickle.  Will try it also.  We are still doing well with veg. Tomatoes all out now but have been eating our own sprouting broccoli, which we have not grown before. It's lovely.  Other broccoli is starting to head now too. Love love love having our own veg.  Still have a lot of beetroot too.parsnips growing well and cabbage seedlings.  Want to put in loads of other stuff 

[achookwoman]

Jude,  sounds great.  Love picking from garden. More apples and horseradish. . Yesterday planted lettuce,  sweet peas, sugar snap peas, pansey,  all in large pots.  Not ready to plant up veggie garden,  need a load of cow manure to cover. Newspaper and chook poop.

[obbie]

Just got given lots of chokos

[achookwoman]

I don't often buy spring onions,  instead I use little chappies. I think they are called tree onions, they grow from the small bulbs, in the photo. I use the bulbs which grow on top of the stalks to pop into a roast chook. The green top are available all yeat and I use as garnish for soups.

[achookwoman]

Onions