Need some ideas for a "green vegetable" side for a BBQ, please!

[Anonymous]

In the summer, my grandma always had a bowl of sliced cucumbers in a sweet vinegar. I think she poured a cup of white sugar in white vinegar and then poured it over the cucumbers. Refrigerate.

Yes! My grandma did it too.
I've tried and tried over the years and could never get this right. But that's because it never occurred to me to put sugar in vinegar. Now that you say it, this has got to be it.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like she used a traditional quick pickle, where she warm vinegar with sugar just until the sugar melted. You can also add pepper flakes, coriander seed, or dill while it's warm. Then you pour the warm mixture over sliced cucumbers and let it sit for 30 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Seems a lot of people are suggesting cucumbers. I just discovered those mini seedless pickling cucumbers a month or so ago and I've been obsessed with how delicious they are. I eat them plain, or with a yogurt greek sauce for dip, in salads, on sandwiches, even just as a side dish with whatever I'm eating. They are so good. No need to peel, and the seeds aren't gross like regular cucumbers, which made me think I didn't like cucumbers until I discovered these mini cucumbers. They are so good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems a lot of people are suggesting cucumbers. I just discovered those mini seedless pickling cucumbers a month or so ago and I've been obsessed with how delicious they are. I eat them plain, or with a yogurt greek sauce for dip, in salads, on sandwiches, even just as a side dish with whatever I'm eating. They are so good. No need to peel, and the seeds aren't gross like regular cucumbers, which made me think I didn't like cucumbers until I discovered these mini cucumbers. They are so good!

You've also tried English cucumbers, right? The really long ones hat are sometimes wrapped in plastic? They are kind of like giant versions of the pickling cucumbers you like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems a lot of people are suggesting cucumbers. I just discovered those mini seedless pickling cucumbers a month or so ago and I've been obsessed with how delicious they are. I eat them plain, or with a yogurt greek sauce for dip, in salads, on sandwiches, even just as a side dish with whatever I'm eating. They are so good. No need to peel, and the seeds aren't gross like regular cucumbers, which made me think I didn't like cucumbers until I discovered these mini cucumbers. They are so good!

You've also tried English cucumbers, right? The really long ones hat are sometimes wrapped in plastic? They are kind of like giant versions of the pickling cucumbers you like.

Yes, I have tried those, after I realized how bad cucumbers were beginning to taste, but even those were not anything to get excited about. I had given up on cucumbers until I discovered these mini ones! I just remember cucumbers being so much better when I was a kid and my grandpa had them growing on his farm. But thanks pp!

[Anonymous]

I think I'm going to go have some cucumber slices before bed.

[Anonymous]

I just made this green bean and tomato salad and it's yummy. I found it on Pinterest : http://www.thegardengrazer.com/2013/02/balsamic-green-bean-salad.html?m=1

I think it would be great for a bbq!

[Anonymous]

Tried this one recently and LOVED it. Omitted Sriracha to make it more kid-friendly.

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2015/04/obsessively-good-avocado-cucumber-salad/

[Anonymous]

Okra or slaw