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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Dec 8 2:18pm | Replies (2400)
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@loribmt

I’ve never heard of that variety but they sound yummy! It’s actually nice to get some later in the season because the other, traditional cukes seem to fizzle out late summer. We’ve been eating so many this year…mostly just raw with a little ranch dressing, or in salads. I also make a lot of “quickles” as our family calls them. Cukes, onions, sometimes tomatoes in a vinaigrette.
What’s your favorite way to eat ‘em?

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Sep 7, 2022

Cukes & onions in vinegar/sugar dressing is Jerry's favorite - mine is a bit less healthy, I like mine in sour cream with fresh dill...

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JK | @contentandwell | Sep 7, 2022

@loribmt What you refer to as "quickles" sounds similar to my old family recipe for summer salad.

It's fresh, native tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion in a vinaigrette. Best made a bit before eating so the flavors can develop and even good the next day unlike more typical salads with greens in them. I like to add avocados now too, something that my mother did not do. I doubt that avocados were that common way back then.

I also LOVE fresh tomatoes with mayo on homemade toasted oatmeal bread but it's been a long time since I've made bread. When my son and daughter were young I made all of our bread. Now I rarely eat bread so I don't bother, and I'm not about to add a bread machine to my arsenal of kitchen equipment.
JK

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