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Help.
My dh loves cucumbers and a colleague of his has (of course) way more than she can eat by herself. So far dh has brought home ten cucumbers. I made some into cucumber salad (with cider vinegar) and gave one away. Six are left and I just know more will arrive today.
So, who has good cucumber recipes?
Dh hates mayonnaise, but any other ingredients are okay.
Thanks!
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Nancy, I had a friend who liked to spread cream cheese on cucumber slices. I'll bet flavoring the cream cheese, with garlic and/or other spices would be good too.
I've also served cucumbers with sliced tomatoes and salad dressing - any type.
Enjoy!
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If you can handle sweet, you might enjoy Bread and Butter Cucumbers (odd name - no butter in recipe) . We gave away several jars, and everyone else enjoyed them.....we weren't too keen on sweet though.
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Cream cheese, cucumber and tomato on sourdough bread is one of my favorite sandwiches. MMMMMMMmmm. 
Also, I sometimes cut cucumbers into spears and dip them in a homemade sour cream dip made with garlic pepper and dill.
My girls eat them by the slice for a vegetable at dinner. It's one of the few veggies they will eat.
I hope that is some help?
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mary theresa wrote:
| Cream cheese, cucumber and tomato on sourdough bread is one of my favorite sandwiches. MMMMMMMmmm. |
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We just had cucumber sandwiches for lunch the other day, but without the tomato...they're not quite ripe, yet. While yummy, I was thinking that they probably weren't exactly packed with nutrition!
My husband likes them marinated, thinly sliced, with onion in a mixture of equal parts water & vinegar + salt and a bit of white sugar + pepper. I like this salad with the addition of sour cream. I should go make some, now! (One year we had an abundance of cucumbers and froze several containers of cucumber salad. They were good.)
Oh yes - we have also made raita with it to eat with an Indian meal - especially if we're baking some naan or kulcha.
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We like to chop them up with lots of feta cheese and drizzle with olive oil and maybe balsamic with a few kalmatas.
i second the cream cheese -try on a bagel with pepperoni!
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Oh, Nancy, another idea - cucumber soup! It's cold, typically made with yogurt (although I just a recipe online that includes avocado  ). Great for those unbearable stick-to-your-chair summer days on the east coast! 
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Boursin cheese makes a nice cucumber sandwich.
Homemade lacto fermented pickles are super easy and super tasty. You could probably also find a recipe for "refrigerator" pickles. Neither of these require cooking vinegar, etc... like a lot of pickle recipes do.
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