Let me be blunt. I am melting into my chair right now. I mean it's wicked hot in my apartment, I got up at 6 a.m. and worked a long busy shift, came home, jumped around my living room for 20 minutes (what was I thinking?!) then spent several hours this evening wrangling my nephews along with my sleep deprived, sweaty, grumpy toddler. 3 sweaty, hot, grumpy little boys, and me. (And my poor husband- who was probably thrilled to be hanging out with 3 tiny grumps and one giant one.) SO ANYWAY.
My mom gave me some cucumbers from her garden the other day, and while snacking on a few slices, I thought to myself, "This needs something." So I put something on it.
OH, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I PUT ON IT? Rice vinegar, a pinch of sea salt, and some toasted black sesame seeds. It's as close to 'cooking' as I'm going to get in this wack-ass heat, and it's satisfying in sort of the way salty potato chips are, without like, giving you cancer or whatever the hell it is potato chips do these days. And also it's cold. Did I mention it's really hot outside? It's supposed to be really hot all week. Expect me back here, in the same spot, continuing to complain about it, at least one more time this week. Tschau, hundz.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
garden fresh.
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Wow. cool. A super-crunch green-delicious mouth-puckering snack delight! Ace idea. Thanks!
Sounds perfect to me! Un-cooking! Yum, and so fresh, the perfect way to enjoy the summer bounty!
yes. hot. disgusting. kill. me.
this is called oi muchim in korea (my mom is korean), it's one of my faves. it's good sprinkled with red pepper flakes, too. and sometimes i like to shred up good seasoned korean seaweed and mix that in too, but my mom thinks that is blasphemous and weird. it's really tasty, though.
This looks like a perfect side for a warm, muggy summer's dinner! Hope you cool down soon :)
Hello - Fellow melter, here. In this heat, I'd love a bite of those cukes right about now. Thanks for the recipe.
whoa. holy cucumbers! two words: wicked awesome.
oh, and "3 little grumps, plus one giant one"= HILARIOUS!
Thanks ;)
We are complaining our asses off up here in Seattle. Turning the oven on may be a crime. And toddlers get so grumpy in the heat. It's salad or nothing around here!
That's definitely an idea I'll have to try here in Vegas, where it's 95 degrees as I write right now, just before midnight, and it's supposed to hit 110 tomorrow!
One of my favorite things is to roast mustard seed and put it on really cold cucumbers with a little bit of olive oil.
I've been a lurker for a long time and just wanted to say I enjoy your blog.
refreshing is what comes to mind. yum!
Man, I wish I lived by you where it's hot. Good God, 68degrees on the first of August? I wore wool socks today and cried for the sun.
Ah, I just moved from Portland and now I'm all of a sudden finding all these Portland bloggers! Tisk, tisk.
oh man, cukes with rice wine vinegar and black sesame seeds are a staple in my house. i like to slice them thin with a mandoline, salt them and leave them in a colander to drain some of the water out of them, rinse and squeeze them out, then soak in the vinegar to make a quick pickle. sometimes i add a little sugar to balance the tart. so refreshing!
sorry to hear that this summer has been so brutal for you guys out there... at least we expect it to totally suck here in boston, and we're prepared with air conditioners and stuff. the suckage sneak attack is no bueno.
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