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Post by pondgardener on Sept 3, 2019 8:06:16 GMT -5
Seems like a lot of olive oil but sounds pretty good. I might give it a try if my wife can part with any of her English cucumbers! Heirloom Tomato Juice Salad
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Post by paulf on Sept 3, 2019 10:53:59 GMT -5
For me and my tastes you could leave out the cucumber, onion, vinegar and olive oil. Tomato juice with a little salt is plenty good.
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Post by pondgardener on Sept 3, 2019 14:23:40 GMT -5
paulf, I would have to say that I probably agree with you!
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Post by september on Sept 4, 2019 9:56:38 GMT -5
It does sound good to me, and agree that it seems like a lot of olive oil, although since it breaks down to four servings that's 2 Tbs per serving. But I'm a bit confused on how you it eat, with a spoon? It's supposed to turn to juice without cooking, I suppose the vinegar and acid in the tomatoes helps break it down, but it seems like it would still have too much pulpy stuff in it to drink. I've got all the ingredients, so may have to give it a try. pondgardener , let us know how it turns out, if you make it!
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Post by pondgardener on Sept 4, 2019 11:17:09 GMT -5
september, it seems like the idea is to use an infusion process to extract the flavors from the onions, cucumbers and tomatoes. It would seem the next step after a certain period of time, would be to strain the "pulpy stuff" out and end up with just liquid. Although the article did mention that cucumbers and onion rings would settle fairly quickly. And it may not be until next year for me to try this, as the production of the English cucumber plants has slowed down considerably and there isn't any surplus to use on this trial recipe.
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Post by paquebot on Sept 4, 2019 20:19:01 GMT -5
That's not a juice, it's a salad just as the article title says. It's not meant to be drank but eaten with a fork. Final instructions are to toss. That's a salad!
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by pondgardener on Sept 5, 2019 7:44:06 GMT -5
paquebot, after reading the whole thing again, you are right about it being more of a salad than a juice, so I changed the title and link to a more appropriate wording. Mea culpa...
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Post by paquebot on Sept 5, 2019 8:22:46 GMT -5
paquebot, after reading the whole thing again, you are right about it being more of a salad than a juice, so I changed the title and link to a more appropriate wording. Mea culpa... Darned near gave me apoplexy!! Read the notification and saw "Salad" as part of the title and thought that I had made a major gaffe. I was certain that the title was juice and not salad but eyes can not see more than two or three words at a time. Figured that I'd be eating crow. Instead, tomato and cucumber salad, which I could make right now if I wanted as the b long burpless cucumbers are still producing. Martin The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by september on Sept 5, 2019 9:52:34 GMT -5
Copied from the intro of the recipe:
This description is what had me confused, the tomatoes and onions vanished? Juices thick like drinkable gazpacho? Doesn't sound like a fork would hold anything but the cucumbers left at the bottom!
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Post by pondgardener on Sept 5, 2019 10:41:21 GMT -5
september, now I am curious about this whole concoction and will have to try this out just to see what the fuss is all about. I am going to have to hide the English cucumbers I picked today and try this out sometime this coming weekend.
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Post by paquebot on Sept 5, 2019 14:13:05 GMT -5
Whole thing doesn't make sense as it's supposedly a drinkable salad? All texture of the vegetables vanish? Ingredients combination are good but something isn't right. Can't be a juice and a salad. If there were a lot of tomatoes and everything else pureed, then I would call it a juice. What it amounts to is combining some salad vegetables and saving the juice, Then eat the solids separately.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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