The Cook wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:13:32 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>> I certainly know what people mean when they say they
>> missed some beans and they got too large ... those suckers
>> hide!

> Not as well as cucumbers. I picked cukes on Thursday and ended up
> with 15 pounds including 4 huge ones. When I sliced the large ones I
> had 6 quarts. I picked again today and found a bunch more. One of
> them weighed 1.75 pounds.

No kidding! I've seen cucumber plants, certainly weeded a few
rows, but I was never there when it came time to pick them.

> Yesterday I made 9 pints of bread & butter pickles. The 6 quarts of
> large cukes are soaking in lime for hamburger dills. The rest are
> also soaking in lime water for sweet pickles. Earlier this week I
> made 6.5 quarts of Kosher dills and 6 pints of sweets. Maybe another
> batch of bread and butter before I quit pickling.

Nice. At some point, though, you have to think you have enough
pickles for the year.

My tomatoes are still green. I wish at least one would ripen. I bought
some basil olive oil at O & Co., and some mozzarella, some melba toast.
I just need a tomato.

nancy