To Prepare Cucumbers
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Select firm, small green and white cucumbers without yellow spots.
Peel them thickly and slice them thin.
Soak the slices in cold water for one hour.
Serve
Drain the cucumbers and serve them on ice just before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Small green and white cucumbers
- Provide the main crisp, watery texture and mild fresh flavour of the dish.
The step that matters
Serve just before serving. Cucumber slices lose water and turn limp when held at room temperature for a long time. Keeping them cold on ice and serving them soon after draining preserves their crispness.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
You might also like
Tomato Soup526 recipes
Brown Bread461 recipes
Mutton Broth292 recipes
Yorkshire Pudding264 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.