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[saffronhare]

Some befuddlement, from a discussion with featherynscale regarding the merits of cucumber sandwiches and tea:

Cucumber sandwiches are considered the ultimate tea party food, and yet, the effect of cucumbers on most people is completely unsuitable for tea parties.

Discuss.
(Yeah, I know this could get awful. Goferit.)

Comments

[starwyse.livejournal.com]

I love them if you peel and seed. Yummy!

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

I've heard soaking them in salty water for a bit is good, too.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Aren't the effects safely delayed for a few hours, until the tea party is over?

How very...Victorian.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

A ha! Cucumber sandwiches are a natural time limit for dull social interaction in polite society!! I think you're on to something.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Or on something; it's hard to tell some days.

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

This is perhaps why the English have developed those "burpless" cucumbers. Are they "burpless" from the other direction?

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

We could do some science, but it might be gross. Does that qualify as a Druidic virtue?

(This is me, posting while drinking my second White Russian of the night. If a drink is mixed with two forms of alcohol, does it count as one or two drinks at a time?)

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it is the bean burritos and dried meat, but I never noticed an issue with cucumbers. I sort of use them as a spice or flavoring for my meat dishes anyway though.

Oh, and I often have them with onions an vinagar.