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"Contrary to popular belief, cucumbers are not vegetables but rather fruits. Cucumbers belong to the squash family and are in the same genus as the common muskmelon. Their fragrant sweetness is notoriously good with gin. Many gin connoisseurs add a slice of cucumber to their gin to compliment the subtle juniper flavor. In America cucumbers have, for the most part, been demoted to a salad topping, but let’s try something a little different.
Since it’s such a close relative of the muskmelon, I decided to make a sweet cocktail from the humble cucumber, which is where our second character comes in: Hibiscus. What we call hibiscus includes a group of over 200 species of plants in the Malvaceae family of flowers native to warm regions such as Mexico. The flower of the plant itself is dark red. It’s flavor is best described as a combination of a lemon and a rose. Just a couple dried flowers steeped in warm water results in a deep crimson tea with a pleasantly tart flavor.
This is a refreshing cucumber and hibiscus cocktail. It’s a combination of sweet hibiscus tea and a lightly carbonated cucumber and gin soda. The hibiscus tea is simply sweetened with honey and the cucumber and gin soda is made from cucumber juice and gin steeped with a few juniper berries to accentuate the gin. The cucumber mixture is charged in a siphon and poured over the hibiscus tea. The effervescent bitterness of the cucumber and gin immediately refreshes and gives way to the sweet and tart hibiscus tea."
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The Monthly Scavenger Hunt - TMSH - 5/13/sh5 - Cool as a cucumber
adapted from a recipe in the ottolenghi cookbook. cucumbers, mild chilis, and cilantro with a rice vinegar, sesame oil and soy sauce dressing. charnuska/nigella seeds and some poppy seeds for garnish
So far I've had 7 cucumbers off my two cucumber plants. I kept one in the fridge for sandwiches and decided to make kimchi from the remaining 6.
Sitting in its rain-drop smitten web, spun in a hazelnut tree. I find it hard to photograph these guys as their legs tend to reflect strongly.
I want to try something veggy. This would be perfect for my "cupcakes spectacular 2008" cupcakes *wink* Just wait and see! I will post this entry soon in My Culina Sanctuarium.
Gurken sind mit nur 12 kcal /100 g ein besonders kalorienarmes Gemüse – der Wassergehalt kann bis zu 97 Prozent betragen. Dennoch mangelt es der Gurke nicht an wertvollen Inhaltsstoffen: sie enthält Vitamine der B-Gruppe, Vitamin C, Vitamin K und die Mineralstoffe Kalium und Eisen.
Cucumbers are a particularly low-calorie vegetable with only 12 kcal/100g - the water content can be up to 97 percent. Nevertheless, cucumbers are not lacking in valuable ingredients: they contain B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin K and the minerals potassium and iron.
Ok.... This is obviously a very bland looking salad (although very tasty) and I picked it for lunch, not for it's photogenic qualities. Still... I feel this could have been better.. Any tips? I keep struggling with styling salads!
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