What to Do with Overgrown Cucumbers
Aug 14th, 2007 Filed Under: Recipes
Overgrown Cucumbers = Red Hot Pickles
I started to throw these guys away, but then I remembered what my mom used to do with overgrown cucumbers. She made Red Hot Pickles. My family and I just LOVE those crispy, crunchy things. We eat them as fast as we can get them. She hasn’t made them in the last couple of years, but when I started talking to her about them, she managed to produce one last jar from her pantry - YUM!
I don’t have her exact recipe, but it’s similar to this one - Red Hot Pickles at cooks.com. It’s pretty much like other pickle recipes, except that you add red hot candy (sometimes called cinnamon imperials) and cinnamon sticks. The end product is a pickle that tastes something like a spiced apple. It’s probably not something you’d want to put on a hamburger, but it’s GREAT with almost any other dish.
Keeping it real,
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I’m going to have to try the red hot pickles. If you have a blender you can add them to smoothies. Cucumbers are hydrating and contain silicon which is good for the skin and nails.
@Opal: Oh, I never thought of using cucumbers in a smoothie! What a great idea. I’ll have to try that. What do you suggest adding with it? Or would you just do the red hots alone with the other typical smoothie ingredients?