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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