Anyone for cucumber sandwiches?

Well, Anya I will stick MY neck out and say that cucumber sandwiches HAVE to be served on bone china plates, and not only that but they MUST be in the shape of fingers, (with all crusts taken off) and I'll fight any manJack of yer that sez different!

Leave it on. cba to peel it anyway

I'm going to go out and buy a cucumber. It will get me out of the house.

Compromise, anya, compromise and tact. When I was about 15 I was invited to tea by a friend of the same age, whose mother had left everything ready for her to prepare - cold meat and salad. Friend wasn't sure whether to peel the cucumber or not, so she peeled down one half and left the other. Each slice had a semicircle of peel on it, so was neither peeled nor unpeeled. A no-win solution.

Well, Samuel Johnson once said ( something on the lines of ) 'peel and slice the cucumber very thinly, sprinkle with salt and pepper and vinegar....... Then throw away, as being fit neither for man nor beast.

However, he was probably more of a beef sandwich man.I love cucumber sandwiches and would never serve anything else at my famous afternoon teas.

Well I leave it on.

But without wishing to be in any way contentious, do I peel the cucumber or leave the skin (rind?) on?

Yes Nanaandg the cakes must be tiny,just a mouthful really.
I was taken to the Midland Hotel in Manchester for a treat by a good friend and it was delightful. When she repeated it we got SLICES of cake.Victoria sponge, date and walnut etc, not the same at all.
I will have my afternoon tea with you.

Oh I love cucumber sandwiches !

Afternoon tea should be brought back a compulsory meal !

Teeny tiny cakes, cucumber sandwiches ( white bread and proper butter) and tea with a tea strainer :-)

I love cucumber sandwiches in the summer with a pot of very light, weak tea. BUT I have to say smoked salmon sandwiches would be preferable!!

I appear to be less fussy- any type of brown bread and coffee in a mug for me please. Any offers?

Yes please KittyL, you can make mine anytime. When's tea time?

Very thin brown bread.
Seeds taken out of the cucumber,that produces all the "sogginess".
Crusts off the bread.
Lightly salted.
Very finest China.
Best quality light coloured tea.

I love cucumber, especially with granary bread, as a sandwich.

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It depends really:
Crusts on or off
Squares or triangles
Peeled cucumber or not
Salt and pepper
Splash of vinegar
And of course gf bread

Much prefer tomato with no added extras like lettuce.

<sigh of relief> emoticon, this surely won't be contentious???