Anyone for cucumber sandwiches?

I only eat cucumber for the water content

Will def try that ?

I always do ,that is where all the water is.
I cut a length,halve lengthways and scoop out all the seeds with a teaspoon, then cut finely in crescents.

I've never heard of deseeding a cucumber!'

Isn't it usually 'More tea, vicar?'

who has never said those immortal words?

another cucumber sandwich, vicar?

Thatbags interesting !

No wonder I inevitably come back from a long haul flight with a cold . I cringe when I hear some poor soul coughing on a flight !

nanaandg, that filtration system might not be as daft as it sounds. According to QI, the air in aeroplanes was better when people were allowed to smoke on board because clean air was drawn in and the smoky stuff removed. When smoking on planes was stopped, apparently airlines decided they didn't need to clean the air, and not doing so saved them a lot of cost, so they stopped. Now they just recycle the old air and it's far less hygienic.

My granddaughter can eat vast amounts of it too, that and cherry tomatoes. She can consume a whole punnet of those at a time. She must be chockful of vitamin C

No cucumber sandwiches thanks, but I'll tolerate a couple of slices on top of tinned salmon mixed with mayonnaise in a sandwich. I can't really see the point of cucumber, except to soothe tired eyes. My grandson eats it in industrial quantities - takes it in his lunch box to school every day.

I've come late to this thread.
Cucumber by itself in a sandwich is not for me! I treat it as an accompaniment to other things. My favourite sandwich which includes it is ham, lettuce and cucumber with salad cream. I leave the skin on.

Cucumber and Marmite for me please, preferably with the crusts left on, or with prawns and Rose Marie sauce would be lovely.
Thank you ?

covered all the bases Imperfect

They were allowed to smoke at their desks also and when challenged about the effect on non smokers I remember the CEO said that they had the best air filtration system in the world so non smokers were not impacted !!

And if anyone believes what he said - Ive got a bridge you can buy

Nice and healthy then

A few years ago at British American Tobacco, the tea bell rang at 3:30 daily and a full afternoon tea complete with cake and sandwiches was enjoyed by staff and visitors alike.

Mind you , they also had vast trays of cigarettes that staff and visitors could "enjoy" !

No - they were lovely days and I was spoiled as we lived in a village and the children came and went by school bus. Very Postman Pat! With usual working hours I don't think the tradition exists much at all nowadays, but it was nice while it lasted.

Definitely a cup for tea / mug for coffee - don't know why ... just is ...

And best biscuits for afters, though can't decide on a favourite. Maybe the ones with jam and cream in the middle!

I think when we move back to our 'reinstated' house, hopefully this month, I might reintroduce afternoon tea.

Trouble is the school run - we need to leave 2.40 at the latest, so it can't be before and would have to be after, plus four grandchildren. It would be very civilising for these youngsters to sit down to cucumber sandwiches and, I think, a glas of milk? Only one is lactose intolerant, so he'd have to have squash, and GD1 doesn't like cucumber, so she could....?

STOP! Abandon ship. Perhaps at the weekends, but not Sunday because DH is out golfing. And not Saturday because I volunteer ....

Modern life, doesn't really lend itself to afternoon tea does it

25 or so years ago I spent three years living at a residential college and we had tea served at 4 everyday of the year apart from Christmas day. There were about 70 students and spouses in residence and a huge urn came out and there were plates of home made sponge in year 1 - then the budget got cut and it changed to biscuits for years 2 and 3. It was lovely though - there was a playroom for the children next to the common room. Four o'clock tea and stickies as it was known also accounted for the 'college stone' that we all complained about gaining. It was such a nice tradition and so well timed in the day - doable after the school run and filled that tricky hour before the teatime - bedtime routine.

Since then, when timing allows, I like to have a cup of tea at 4. Cucumber sandwiches are a great addition. Crustless and tiny for me seems to make them taste better somehow!

Sorry this is rather long - I got caught reminiscing!

Anya

Irony is a tricky thing ...

Alima this is a perfectly straight thread, as are most cucumbers these days under ECC regulations. No one wants a bent cucumber. Which brings me neatly to Assange.

Has anybody ever seen Richard Branson, Noel Edmunds and Julian Assange in the same photograph?

#^just asking^#

We have been having fun though haven't we?
Not much sympathy for Assange,I have not bothered keeping up.

Well, that's all very well - cucumber sandwiches and Russians opening tins, but what's going to happen to Assange? ❓❓?

#ontvnowgoingonandonandon

Oh dear, I have the wrong end of the stick again. (Either that or all these posts are tongue in cheek). There was a news item earlier this week saying that Twitter were taking the mickey out of Tesco for advertising cucumbers as "ideal for St Valentines". As to why they leave to your imagination.
Now I realise the post is about cucumber sandwiches. Lovely, crusts on or off, on its own or with cheese.