On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't really think
> of any others.

No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?

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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't really
>> think
>> of any others.
>
> No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?

Ahh yes Bell pepper and cucumber. We don't like celery but that is an
option.
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On 9/14/2013 12:24 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't really think
>> of any others.
>
> No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?
>
That raises the question of *cooked* cucumber. I only know one recipe
for that, stir-fried, Chinese style (it's quite good.)

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Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:31:50 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

> On 9/14/2013 12:24 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't really think
> >> of any others.
> >
> > No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?
> >
> That raises the question of *cooked* cucumber. I only know one recipe
> for that, stir-fried, Chinese style (it's quite good.)

I adored cooked cucumber when I was in China, but haven't tried it
here at home because I think our cucumbers are too different. Google
images of Chinese cucumbers and you'll see what I mean. Would you
mind sharing your recipe anyway?

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:28:07 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
>
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> news
> > On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't really
> >> think
> >> of any others.
> >
> > No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?
>
> Ahh yes Bell pepper and cucumber. We don't like celery but that is an
> option.
> --
It's rather tasteless, isn't it? I try to keep it around for
soups/stock because it's truly a necessary ingredient - but I only
need a little and there's so much of it. That's when peanut butter is
my friend.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

James Silverton wrote:
> On 9/14/2013 12:24 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't
>>> really think
>>> of any others.
>>
>> No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?
>>
> That raises the question of *cooked* cucumber. I only know one recipe
> for that, stir-fried, Chinese style (it's quite good.)
>

That's the only way I like cooking it. Hot and sour!

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Jean B.

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:48:15 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:31:50 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:
>
>> On 9/14/2013 12:24 PM, sf wrote:
>> > On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't really think
>> >> of any others.
>> >
>> > No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?
>> >
>> That raises the question of *cooked* cucumber. I only know one recipe
>> for that, stir-fried, Chinese style (it's quite good.)
>
>I adored cooked cucumber when I was in China, but haven't tried it
>here at home because I think our cucumbers are too different. Google
>images of Chinese cucumbers and you'll see what I mean. Would you
>mind sharing your recipe anyway?

I've been trying for years to find out what my mother made. She
prepared the sliced cucumbers in a large cast iron skillet. The sauce
and cucumbers were brownish -- kind of like the color of sauerkraut
cooked with some sort of meat. I was very young when she made it
frequently. It was probably German.
Janet US

On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:35:47 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

> James Silverton wrote:
> > On 9/14/2013 12:24 PM, sf wrote:
> >> On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't
> >>> really think
> >>> of any others.
> >>
> >> No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?
> >>
> > That raises the question of *cooked* cucumber. I only know one recipe
> > for that, stir-fried, Chinese style (it's quite good.)
> >
>
> That's the only way I like cooking it. Hot and sour!
>
The cucumber I ate all over China wasn't hot and sour, it was kind of
bland... but bland in a good way. That's why I've had a big problem
finding a recipe to re-create the flavor.... I am totally unfamiliar
with what they used to compose it.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:46:52 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:48:15 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:31:50 -0400, James Silverton
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 9/14/2013 12:24 PM, sf wrote:
> >> > On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't really think
> >> >> of any others.
> >> >
> >> > No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?
> >> >
> >> That raises the question of *cooked* cucumber. I only know one recipe
> >> for that, stir-fried, Chinese style (it's quite good.)
> >
> >I adored cooked cucumber when I was in China, but haven't tried it
> >here at home because I think our cucumbers are too different. Google
> >images of Chinese cucumbers and you'll see what I mean. Would you
> >mind sharing your recipe anyway?
>
> I've been trying for years to find out what my mother made. She
> prepared the sliced cucumbers in a large cast iron skillet. The sauce
> and cucumbers were brownish -- kind of like the color of sauerkraut
> cooked with some sort of meat. I was very young when she made it
> frequently. It was probably German.
> Janet US

Thanks, that's nothing like what I ate in China.

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sf wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:35:47 -0400, "Jean > wrote:
>
>> James Silverton wrote:
>>> On 9/14/2013 12:24 PM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:39:58 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I eat raw carrot sticks and of course green onions, but I can't
>>>>> really think
>>>>> of any others.
>>>>
>>>> No raw bell pepper, celery or cucumber?
>>>>
>>> That raises the question of *cooked* cucumber. I only know one recipe
>>> for that, stir-fried, Chinese style (it's quite good.)
>>>
>>
>> That's the only way I like cooking it. Hot and sour!
>>
> The cucumber I ate all over China wasn't hot and sour, it was kind of
> bland... but bland in a good way. That's why I've had a big problem
> finding a recipe to re-create the flavor.... I am totally unfamiliar
> with what they used to compose it.
>

Ah, if you give more clues, I have lotso of Chinese cookbooks. But
then, from what you say, the cukes are all wrong here.

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Jean B.