Comments on: Cooling Dishes for Hot August Nights http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/ Cook Local, Eat Global Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bryian http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-599 Bryian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-599 Just so the rest of the world knows about the Cucumber Mint Chutney.

Don’t eat it. It is vile and poisonous and tastes nasty.*
Just back away slowly from the bowl. I will selflessly throw myself on it and devour it to save everyone. I know it is a great sacrifice for the benefit of humanity, but I am willing to make it.

*(Now, for those of you who do not know my sence of humor, let he tell you this stuff is wonderful. I do love all of Barb’s cooking when I get to be one of the test subjects, but the Cucumber Mint Chutney it my absolute favorite tied with the steam buns. I could most likely eat about 2 liters of it long as I had a little bread or the lamb patties. Aw heck with the bread and patties, mix me up a big bucket of it!)

]]> By: ejm http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-600 ejm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-600 No, no, Bryian. You mustn’t be a martyr and eat all of the cucumber mint chutney. I will make a huge sacrifice* and help you get through it.

*I too am a fan of mint chutney. I’ve never made it with cucumber though. What a great idea.

When I make mint chutney, I use green mangoes: our greenmango/mint chutney recipe

I know that green mangoes probably can’t be gotten locally but but but….

-Elizabeth

]]> By: Barbara Fisher http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-601 Barbara Fisher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-601 Yeah, I reckon Bry could take the hit for everyone and save them from the evil that is the cucumber mint raita. ;-)

I like potato raita, too, but I like it better in the winter.

I used to make a salad of green mangoes, Elizabeth, for my clients. They loved it–and would have me make it every week when I could get the mangoes, along with the raita.

]]> By: etherbish http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-602 etherbish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-602 Yum. I don’t suppose you have any ideas for those of us cursed with the cilantro-as-soap gene. I can stomach tiny bits of cooked cilantro, but that’s about it. Generally, I just leave it out or avoid cilantro-heavy recipes entirely, but I’ve always wondered if there isn’t some sort of substitute I could use instead…

]]> By: Barbara Fisher http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-603 Barbara Fisher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/wp/2005/08/16/cooling-dishes-for-hot-august-nights/#comment-603 Use all mint, instead, or a mixture of mint and flat leafed parsley, Ladi. Bry has the same genetic thing, so he never eats the green chutney, even as he slurps up huge amounts of the cucumber mint raita.

You could also use some holy basil–in Hindi, it is known as tulsi. Thai basil or cinnamon basil is an acceptable substitute. Plain Genovese basil will make your green chutney taste too much like a weird pesto!

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