Mini munch cucumbers

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Gilly C
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grown them this year for the first time I have 2 plants in the greenhouse I am picking 4-6 every day :roll: any body got any suggestions of what to do with some of them bar give them away :lol: they are about 3" long varying in girth !
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I know you can make cucumber relish but wht it tastes like or how you make it, well someone will tell you?
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Or pickle them!!
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We put our spare cucumbers through the juicer; great before breakfast.

Then there's 170 recipes here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/food/reci ... 5&orig_kw=

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Bread and butter pickle is good - and very easy to make.
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I love these little cucumbers. Can't wait for mine to start cropping. Spotted a receipe recently for Cucumber jelly with mint mousse which I'm posting in the Recipe Section.
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Thanks I will have a look, I do make pickles but only 2 of us and my kids get fed up if I overload them :roll: I grew small ones last year outdoors from a bought plant did not crop as heavy as these are my daughters both have one outdoors they are getting a least 1 a day even in this weather
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some great recipes on there Alan :) will keep be busy for a while I am not a breakfast person and OH is more of a bacon & eggs man :lol: maybe at the weekend :wink:
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Hello Gilly
I'm afraid that I can't help you with any ideas except to eat them as they come!
I've grown two plants of 'Zeina' in a frame this year - the first time I've tried mini cucs. They're great - very productive, super taste and started cropping very early. Don't think I'll ever go back to the long frame types that I've grown always grown before.

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