Fried Cucumbers

Ingredients

• 8 medium sized cucumbers
• Flour
• Lard
• 4 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoon wine
• 2 tablespoons walnut catsup or 1 cup tomato sauce, 1/2 cup sugar, and 2 tablespoons vinegar
• Pinch salt & pepper
• Sliced onion (optional)
• Butter
• Teaspoonful mustard

Directions

1. Slice 8 medium sized cucumbers
2. Flour cucumbers slightly and fry to light brown in lard or vegetable oil
3. Pour off the lard and add the sliced cucumbers
4. Add the 4 tablespoons hot water, 2 tablespoons wine, 2 tablespoons walnut catsup, salt and pepper (optional: sliced onion) into a lump of butter dipped in flour
5. Stew the mixture for about 15 minutes and a teaspoonful of mustard for taste

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Vivian Cotton

Louisiana Anthology

June 6, 2019