tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post8158303347300544158..comments2023-10-12T07:26:45.479-07:00Comments on I'm Mad and I Eat: Look What Crawled Onto My Platecookiecrumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-2666854810017500802007-08-01T10:13:00.000-07:002007-08-01T10:13:00.000-07:00Anerable cute/creepy-cumbers! I lurve that you wr...Anerable cute/creepy-cumbers! I lurve that you wrote lurve on my post yesterday! I don't know where that comes from, but I say it all the time too! Also, if there are any pears left over, you know I'll take some!Erahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17191428609143608831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-89519077248647060642007-07-30T18:25:00.000-07:002007-07-30T18:25:00.000-07:00Chilebrown: Ooh. Yes. In the Japanese pickle pot.P...Chilebrown: Ooh. Yes. In the Japanese pickle pot.<BR/><BR/>Peter: I wonder how similar the German crock is to the Japanese pot! But yeah. Poach the pears. Flavorings. Not quite ripe. Wanna come over?<BR/><BR/>Jana: I just didn't know what I was getting into. I picked a fourth cuke today (with gloves) and it wasn't scary at all! Hee.<BR/><BR/>Mouse: Nature is a beast!<BR/><BR/>Katie: My dad says the best way for a (female) gardener to get the cukes to grow is to "flash" them. The ol' goat.<BR/><BR/>Dagny: Tender as can be. Sweet. Not scary.<BR/><BR/>Stacie: Hah, you poet. Yup, the squashy plants are bristly. Gotta deal with it, eh?<BR/><BR/>Vanessa: If you were nearby, you'd be going home tonight with a few. <BR/><BR/>Mike: It was underlit. A thin, see-thru cutting board on top of a glass tabletop outside. Lucky lighting, yes? Thank you, doll.cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-10014576909644326192007-07-30T00:17:00.000-07:002007-07-30T00:17:00.000-07:00Those are some sassy cukes. The kind sassy girls w...Those are some sassy cukes. The kind sassy girls who love to eat cucumbers would enjoy. Bummer I don't live in your hood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-56233428117098998002007-07-29T13:28:00.000-07:002007-07-29T13:28:00.000-07:00i got no cukes, but the squash-y plants are the sa...i got no cukes, but the squash-y plants are the same way, really really prickly! ouch! that looks cool as a ... oh, never mind!Staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522447943395054768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-91632380236174814352007-07-29T11:05:00.000-07:002007-07-29T11:05:00.000-07:00Those look kind of scary. And with spines no less....Those look kind of scary. And with spines no less.Dagnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454543828633484309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-86080223199237224942007-07-29T00:56:00.000-07:002007-07-29T00:56:00.000-07:00I rather like a vegetable with a bit of personalit...I rather like a vegetable with a bit of personality - yours have attitude!<BR/>I want cucumber salad! Mine were in inch long, yesterday. I talked to them to give them encouragement "Grow, damn you, or else" Think that'll work?Katie Zellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498599461583826030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-26507689065158806402007-07-28T19:25:00.000-07:002007-07-28T19:25:00.000-07:00Wow, I'd never heard of evil cucumbers with spines...Wow, I'd never heard of evil cucumbers with spines - that's bizzare.Ms Brown Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128283343279442537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-78381979923890351752007-07-28T18:12:00.000-07:002007-07-28T18:12:00.000-07:00I love my Japanese cucumbers. But, like you, I us...I love my Japanese cucumbers. But, like you, I use gloves when I pick them and then rub the spines off before I handle them bare-handed in the kitchen!janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06538362162139679868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-63615503634974689692007-07-28T17:20:00.000-07:002007-07-28T17:20:00.000-07:00Seriously. I got this German Kraut-making crock f...Seriously. I got this German Kraut-making crock for fermented pickles and it's the easiest thing in the world. My Grandfather made old-school garlic dill pickles this way and there is nothing better.<BR/><BR/>And poach those damn pears in wine... I add star anise, ginger, and black pepper as well, and then reduce the wine after with honey to make a syrup. They work best when they're not ripe. Marquis/Philips or similar Aussie wine is best. And they keep a long time if you can them (I would wait on the syrup reduction if you do so.)peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189314044617829401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774302.post-42281518112555065082007-07-28T14:44:00.000-07:002007-07-28T14:44:00.000-07:00Make Gwen Pickles!Make Gwen Pickles!Chilebrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321501332367002893noreply@blogger.com