Cucumber Madness

Here on the Beck Grove, Helene's garden is off the hook! 

There are cucumbers everywhere, and luckily, I get to take a few home too.

Now one of my favorite things about the cucumber is how guilt free I feel when I prepare it.  I mean, cucumbers are 95% water, so in the summertime it's great hydrating snack.  

However, does the summer make you think about anything else???  For me it does...  it makes me think of the county fair.  And rightly so, the county fair makes me think of none other than a variety of fried foods which have no place in nature being fried.

So in celebration of the vice we all tend to fall victim to this time of year, I experimented with a little fried cucumber recipe of my own!  It's extremely easy to do, and they were delicious.  Oh and they cost a fraction of the price of fair food $$$.

1. Slice the cucumbers
   
2. Soak them in slightly salted water for at least a half an hour
   
3. Pat them dry
   
4. Dip them in egg
   
5. Dip them in seasoned bread crumbs
   
6. Drop into pan of hot oil, fat drippings, or deep fryer
   
7. Brown on both sides
   

ENJOY!!!

Now if only I could get the fair to deliver a private ferris wheel to my house... Hmmm....

By Tracy Kinnaman