Ow.
Henriette Kress
Argh.
Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
Hetta (needless to say I deleted the thing without replying to it.)
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Eli the Bearded
> Just got a query for recipes with dried cucumbers.
> Argh.
Well, I've seen them for sale. Big bins of blackish obsene looking
things, proudly displayed at Chinese markets. Or were you talking
about the the vegetable and not the sea creature?
http://www.senghong.com/mp.htm
> Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
That what she said.
> Hetta (needless to say I deleted the thing without replying to it.)
s/ne/he/
Elijah
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doesn't want any sea cucumber recipies, thanks
Chris Wesling
>
> Just got a query for recipes with dried cucumbers.
>
> Argh.
>
> Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
Pardon my vegetative ignorance, but what *is* the whole idea of
cucumbers? And why does it preclude drying them?
Chris W.
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Henriette Kress
> Henriette Kress wrote:
>>
>> Just got a query for recipes with dried cucumbers.
>> Argh.
>> Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
>
> Pardon my vegetative ignorance, but what *is* the whole idea of
> cucumbers? And why does it preclude drying them?
Crisp green moisture. It has no taste to speak of, you only want it for
the water.
Dry them and what do you have? Something even worse than dried zucchini,
which are horrible, believe me.
Hetta
Twiki
glanced nervously around, and declared:
> Henriette Kress wrote:
>>
>> Just got a query for recipes with dried cucumbers.
>>
>> Argh.
>>
>> Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
>
> Pardon my vegetative ignorance, but what *is* the whole idea of
> cucumbers? And why does it preclude drying them?
Crunchy green-tasting water, kinda like celery but with less flavor and no
strings.
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TimC
> Chris Wesling <wes...@nospam.invalid> cleared that pesky dry throat,
> glanced nervously around, and declared:
>
>> Henriette Kress wrote:
>>>
>>> Just got a query for recipes with dried cucumbers.
>>>
>>> Argh.
>>>
>>> Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
>>
>> Pardon my vegetative ignorance, but what *is* the whole idea of
>> cucumbers? And why does it preclude drying them?
>
> Crunchy green-tasting water, kinda like celery but with less flavor and no
> strings.
Oddly enough, for something that tastes like green, I dislike celery,
but like cucumber.
2 years ago (to the day, I suspect), when I was hiking in Tasmania,
and hadn't seen civilisation for a week, we met up with some people
who had obviously seen civilisation that day. They had a supply of
cucumber and tomatoes with them. One of the people I was with was
*extremely* grateful of their generesoity when they gave us some
cucumber.
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The Dumpster
> Twiki (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
>>Chris Wesling <wes...@nospam.invalid> cleared that pesky dry throat,
>>glanced nervously around, and declared:
>>
>>
>>>Henriette Kress wrote:
>>>
>>>>Just got a query for recipes with dried cucumbers.
>>>>
>>>>Argh.
>>>>
>>>>Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
>>>
>>>Pardon my vegetative ignorance, but what *is* the whole idea of
>>>cucumbers? And why does it preclude drying them?
>>
>>Crunchy green-tasting water, kinda like celery but with less flavor and no
>>strings.
>
>
> Oddly enough, for something that tastes like green, I dislike celery,
> but like cucumber.
>
> 2 years ago (to the day, I suspect), when I was hiking in Tasmania,
> and hadn't seen civilisation for a week, we met up with some people
> who had obviously seen civilisation that day. They had a supply of
> cucumber and tomatoes with them. One of the people I was with was
> *extremely* grateful of their generesoity when they gave us some
> cucumber.
>
Oh, she was horny then?
TimC
> TimC wrote:
>> 2 years ago (to the day, I suspect), when I was hiking in Tasmania,
>> and hadn't seen civilisation for a week, we met up with some people
>> who had obviously seen civilisation that day. They had a supply of
>> cucumber and tomatoes with them. One of the people I was with was
>> *extremely* grateful of their generesoity when they gave us some
>> cucumber.
>>
>
> Oh, she was horny then?
Yes. Damn annoying when there is a good looking chick having sex with
a guy who is not you, when you are all in a 3 person tent.
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René Torenstra
>The Dumpster (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> TimC wrote:
>>> 2 years ago (to the day, I suspect), when I was hiking in Tasmania,
>>> and hadn't seen civilisation for a week, we met up with some people
>>> who had obviously seen civilisation that day. They had a supply of
>>> cucumber and tomatoes with them. One of the people I was with was
>>> *extremely* grateful of their generesoity when they gave us some
>>> cucumber.
>>>
>>
>> Oh, she was horny then?
>
>Yes. Damn annoying when there is a good looking chick having sex with
>a guy who is not you, when you are all in a 3 person tent.
Yes, that's annoying. Get a bigger tent.
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The Dumpster
> The Dumpster (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
>>TimC wrote:
>>
>>>2 years ago (to the day, I suspect), when I was hiking in Tasmania,
>>>and hadn't seen civilisation for a week, we met up with some people
>>>who had obviously seen civilisation that day. They had a supply of
>>>cucumber and tomatoes with them. One of the people I was with was
>>>*extremely* grateful of their generesoity when they gave us some
>>>cucumber.
>>>
>>
>>Oh, she was horny then?
>
>
> Yes. Damn annoying when there is a good looking chick having sex with
> a guy who is not you, when you are all in a 3 person tent.
>
And worse when she picks a cucumber over both of you!
David Robley
spamtra...@spamcop.net says...
> Chris Wesling wrote:
> > Henriette Kress wrote:
> >>
> >> Just got a query for recipes with dried cucumbers.
> >> Argh.
> >> Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
> >
> > Pardon my vegetative ignorance, but what *is* the whole idea of
> > cucumbers? And why does it preclude drying them?
>
> Crisp green moisture. It has no taste to speak of, you only want it for
> the water.
>
> Dry them and what do you have? Something even worse than dried zucchini,
> which are horrible, believe me.
It has been my opinion for a long time that 'horrible' describes zucchini
in any state of [de]hydration.
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TimC
>> which are horrible, believe me.
>
> It has been my opinion for a long time that 'horrible' describes zucchini
> in any state of [de]hydration.
I kept trying to convince my mum that I didn't like zucchini.
She kept on serving it to me. A few years ago, when I reminded her
that I don't like zucchini, she said "oh, you never told me". Next
time I visited her, she served me zucchini.
Anyway, one time, I gave all my zucchini to one of the cats. He ate
it. He loved it.
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Sid
> Henriette Kress wrote:
> >
> > Just got a query for recipes with dried cucumbers.
> >
> > Argh.
> >
> > Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
>
> Pardon my vegetative ignorance, but what *is* the whole idea of
> cucumbers? And why does it preclude drying them?
Well all they have is the water, innit? They have no other(?) nutrient
value to speak of.
Sid
Al Sharka
> TimC
>>The Dumpster
>>> TimC wrote:
>>>> 2 years ago (to the day, I suspect), when I was hiking in
>>>> Tasmania, and hadn't seen civilisation for a week, we met up
>>>> with some people who had obviously seen civilisation that day.
>>>> They had a supply of cucumber and tomatoes with them. One of
>>>> the people I was with was *extremely* grateful of their
>>>> generesoity when they gave us some cucumber.
>>> Oh, she was horny then?
>>Yes. Damn annoying when there is a good looking chick having sex
>>with a guy who is not you, when you are all in a 3 person tent.
> Yes, that's annoying. Get a bigger tent.
He was probably already making his own pop-up tent. But, you're right;
it probably wasn't big enough to be more than annoying.
Kegs
> David Robley (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> In article <pan.2004.01.06.22.35.34.5663@hetta>,
>> spamtra...@spamcop.net says...
>>> Dry them and what do you have? Something even worse than dried zucchini,
>>> which are horrible, believe me.
>>
>> It has been my opinion for a long time that 'horrible' describes zucchini
>> in any state of [de]hydration.
>
> I kept trying to convince my mum that I didn't like zucchini.
>
> She kept on serving it to me. A few years ago, when I reminded her
> that I don't like zucchini, she said "oh, you never told me". Next
> time I visited her, she served me zucchini.
>
> Anyway, one time, I gave all my zucchini to one of the cats. He ate
> it. He loved it.
What did you expect? The cats have been fed zucchini by your mom since
they deigned to move in, as well. She didn't believe them when they
told her either[1] and she has been blithely feeding them it since anyway.
Funny what you get to like if you don't really have any choice in the
matter.
[1] cat: "Meow! Meow meow, mew"
Tim's Mom: "whats that? You never said before!"
cat: "meow *meow*!"
TM: "Really? I thought you liked them, oh well"
cat: "meow"
...ten minutes later...
TM: "dinnertime, its your favourite too, zucchini!"
cat: "*meow*"
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Chris Wesling
>
> Chris Wesling wrote:
> > Henriette Kress wrote:
> >>
> >> Just got a query for recipes with dried cucumbers.
> >> Argh.
> >> Somebody didn't quite get the whole idea of cucumbers, eh?
> >
> > Pardon my vegetative ignorance, but what *is* the whole idea of
> > cucumbers? And why does it preclude drying them?
>
> Crisp green moisture. It has no taste to speak of, you only want it for
> the water.
Actually, they do have a taste and I rather like it. Freyja even has
some bath/shower wash that *smells* like cucumber, and it's actually a
recognizable and rather pleasant smell.
I used to think celery had no taste, either, but it does. Not much of
one, and it's way too crunchy and stringy, but it's a taste.
> Dry them and what do you have? Something even worse than dried zucchini,
> which are horrible, believe me.
I see your point. Never had either one dried, but I'll take your word
for it and try not to.[1]
Chris W.
[1] Have them dried, that is...
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Henriette Kress
> I used to think celery had no taste, either, but it does. Not much of
> one, and it's way too crunchy and stringy, but it's a taste.
Celery "not much of a taste"? You need to check your tastebuds, they're
wonkered. Give'em a thorough scrubbing but don't do the wax'n'shine bit
when you're done, I think that's what went wrong last time.
Chris Wesling
>
> Chris Wesling wrote:
>
> > I used to think celery had no taste, either, but it does. Not much of
> > one, and it's way too crunchy and stringy, but it's a taste.
>
> Celery "not much of a taste"? You need to check your tastebuds, they're
> wonkered. Give'em a thorough scrubbing but don't do the wax'n'shine bit
> when you're done, I think that's what went wrong last time.
Well, I had my tonsils and adenoids all removed at an early age, and I've
had hayfever allergies for most of my life, so my sense of smell is, shall
we say, a bit stunted. And you know how important smell is to the sense of
taste...
That probably has a lot to do with why I tend to like more strongly
flavored things; I think more subtle flavors come across to me as blandly
blah. I can't order hot chocolate in most restaurants, because it's too
weak and watery-tasting. When I make it at home I probably use twice as
much cocoa mix as the restaurants do. We found some *dark* chocolate cocoa
mix recently... MMMMmmmm, that's nice.
Chris W.
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