Thai Cucumber Salad

[ItsBball]

Take that fkin glasses of.. looks bad ;s

[Perroquet51]

@ItsBball Then, don't look :-)

[Robertjblais]

you should use, equal parts of lime juice and fish sauce with palm sugar and honey to taste and thai chilis and fresh garlic and or shallot

[tinylittledancer59]

I am yet to try that recipe but it sure looks good!

P.S I love the little tomato faces, they were so original!

[Perroquet51]

@tinylittledancer59 Thank you! Let me know if you try it :-)

Marc

[UncleBym]

Thanks! I was attempting to come up with a twist to this using peanuts only as peanut butter incorporated into a noodle which you then boil, cool and dress with your dressing. I add scallions, cilantro, minced red pepper(bell), thai chilies, sliced radish and cucumber. Oh yes and garlic! I love your recipe, Thank you!

[InfinitelyCruelTube]

i just loooooooooooooooooooves me some Perroquet

[InfinitelyCruelTube]

y teh ssessalgnus?

[Perroquet51]

LOL, I raew ssessalgnus a lot

Thanks for watching :-)

[InfinitelyCruelTube]

yhw si noitsueq

taht ees nac i

[Perroquet51]

? ton yhw

[mundoexchange]

Looks very tasty. Spicy soft cheese would be great.

Have you tried using a mortar and pestle to mix your ingredients at the beginning?

[EvilGayWizard]

looks good

[StephStance]

I saw you eyeballing that cucumber in a unnatural way!!!

[JustLoseItNow]

Good video :)

Love to watch people cook....

[Perroquet51]

Stacy! Welcome back :-)

[tioinaa]

Thai cucumber salad... and YOURS. Yum. Burp! Tums on the side? - Phil

[Perroquet51]

LOL, it's not for everyone, that's for sure! Is this Texas Phil?

[tioinaa]

Yes.. Texas Phil.... contented veteran of E. Liberty campaigns.

[jvforever72]

just dropping by to say hello.JV

[Perroquet51]

Hiya Joe :-)

[ladybard1968]

Oh you are so masterful with that cleaver What is cilantro? never heard of it. I love the tomatos with the faces.

[MayfieldRandyj]

I am sure Rachel Ray wont be worried about this competition. More Curry !

[Perroquet51]

You want more curry? Make your own, buster!

[twister7boy]

how the heck do you eat all that. i like a plane garden salad. peace.gregg

[Perroquet51]

I didn't. It was a lot.

[GreatGig1]

Yum! I'll have to try this one! Could I use garlic cloves instead of garlic powder? Maybe I should just wait and let you make it for me! :-) xoxoxo

[Perroquet51]

Personally, I'm not a big fan of raw garlic. I did try it with cloves but didn't care for it, so it's up to you. I also don't like most brands of garlic powder, so you're on your own 'til I get there ;-)

[papercuts777]

Very intense. No cutting corners.

Yes, I'll take a large!

[RiddleSpider]

Looks yummy! I have a cucumber just waiting for this.

[Perroquet51]

I hope you like it :-)

[phekwig]

I bet that tastes as good as it looks...

[DawndeeDALLAS]

Can I leave the cucumber out?

[Perroquet51]

LOL! NO!!

[3CoolKats]

Looks yummy! Not too long at all. I *attempt* to do short cooking and gardening vids but it just never seems to work out. If it didn't speed up segments of them they'd wind up 30 minutes long, LOL. I'm guessing that tomato was from a farmer's market and not a grocery store? It looked a little too good to come from a store.

[orgel12]

Great video! Glad to see you finally got it done...........looks delicious.

[GIZCHOPS]

Wow Marc you are really good! that's the funkiest salad I've ever seen. got to ask though...what the chuff is cilantro? looked like coriander to me. AND, I've never heard of spring onions being called scallions? Maybe I'm just poorly educated in that department :-S Great Recipe though and thanks for sharing. Love the smiley faces =D

[Perroquet51]

Gary, Twish1999 caught me on the cilantro and spring onions, too. Here, dried cilantro is usually called corriander. Your spring onions are called scallions or green onions here.

[Lizador]

that look delicious! i am going to try that!

[lazmalt]

You are an excellent chef !

Bravissimo :)

[ASECONDCHANCEAROUND]

looks tasty !

**Kisses**

[1DRock37167]

Looks very yummy Marc, I do something similar but more basic. I will give this a try sometime:-)

[yescandles]

MMMMM I love Thai Salad! So refreshing and such distinct flavors. YOURS is making my mouth water and of course there is nowhere to get it at this hour! (not even the ingredients!) Yummy Yummy! Pad Thai next!

[Perroquet51]

Yikes! Pad Thai. I only make the Thai fast food version of it because some of the ingredients are bit hard to find around here (such as banana flowers). I've also never made the sauce from scratch but this might be worth the effort.

[yescandles]

I have never attempted it either. There were such good Thai restaurants in Dallas it was just so easy to get in the car. Now that I am not in the Dallas area, we have two Thai restaurants, and unfortunately neither are anything to rave about. Ya know how SOME Thai restaurants make Thai Mush? Yep, that is what we have. No fresh, distinct, colorful, awesome food.I miss it, so I need to get it figured out as far as recipes and ingredients. Thai rocks!

[Perroquet51]

Yeap. If it's mush, they've added too much water, probably. It can be basic and still very good if the sauce is right.

[anmoose]

ROFL! I think your cutting board is bigger than Papercut's kitchen. And I see you have gas. (No! Not that kind, dammit, the range!) I've cooked with it for 18 years, and I'll NEVER go back to electric.

The end result looks and sounds like yumminess. Love what you did to the tomatoes. :-)

Why do I watch these things in the middle of the night... groan...

[Perroquet51]

It's not the size of your cutting board, it's how well you use it ;-)

[yescandles]

HAHAHAHAHA THAT was a classic!

[debbiez112]

Oh I bet this is delicious. I will be making it. I love all the stuff you put in it so I am sure it will be good. Thanks for sharing this.

[Dlorezzz]

Marc that looks delicious... Were you entertaining ??

[Perroquet51]

Just myself, Dolores :-)

[MGB1000]

When did you say dinner was ready. I be over in a bit.

[Perroquet51]

Seems like I'm always cooking, so whenever you get here is fine :-)

[MGB1000]

I love to cook too. I many great recipes if you want to trade sometime.

[Maiyanna]

Looks absolutely delicious! ;)

[snarkdetriomphe]

lol I read the title "That Cucumber Salad" and I was like wow is there a cucumber salad everyone knows about but me? Then I see you talking about cooking and all I can see in my head is you plopping an undersized lid on boiling weeds. niiiice presentation at the end. look at tammy all " didn't know you could cook, when's dinner"

[Perroquet51]

ROFL! You're thinking, "OMG, there's a new Internet rage that I know nothing about."

[lolaknows]

I didn't know you could cook! Why haven't you invited me to dinner! That looked fabulous by the way!

[Perroquet51]

You're always welcome, my dear.

[xyzllii]

My son the cook...showed me how to dice without cutting tips of fingers off...you place your fingers down as if they are ballerinas on their toes upon your onion or whatever etc, and then slide the knife down along the edges fo your straight fingers which you move backwards as you cut...Delicious sounding recipe by the way...will try it...

[Perroquet51]

Good idea. I know a kid who went to culinary school and immediately cut the end of his finger off.

[anmoose]

LOL! OUCH! Great start to a culinary career.

I learned dicing and slicing from Graham Kerr. You modify the ballerina technique, curling your fingertips in slightly while you rest the side of the blade against your knuckles. You'll never even nick a fingernail. Just don't get carried away and raise the blade up too high, or you'll cut your knuckles off. :-P

[dl737]

That looked great - my mouth is still watering as I type this!! Nice touch with the tomatoes :)

[Sandguy99]

Looks like a keeper!

[audionautix]

that looks good. I knew Thia was hot but I never knew they used jalapeno for the heat.

[AnnyaMoon]

OO very interesting ty for sharing that.

[sprichbeeke]

...can I come???

[Perroquet51]

Any time, beeke :-)

[SueVlogs]

Oh my I bet that is as delicious as it is beautiful! You are quite the cook, Marc!

[Perroquet51]

Sue, I'm always trying new things, and often go for unusual recipes. I figure they can't be as bad as they sound. Unfortunately, more often than not, they are. Today was a prime example. Pasta with pumpkin.

[justherewatching]

that salad looks good marc.5 stars and favorited.peace,love mary.

[Perroquet51]

Thank you, Mary :-)

[bugsinrug]

Mmmmm...Looks delicious Marc !!

hugs, Chris

[bowlingballout]

Though it's not even 7:00 am here... I'm ready for a plate. Mmmm!

[Perroquet51]

Thanks, Joseph. It's certainly not a recipe for everyone but I like it.

[yeuxlumineuxNtx]

Wowsah ((((Marc)))) A feast for the eyes and the palate ;) It's 8am and I could eat that meal for breakfast hee hee Definitely a perfect recipe for hot summers here in TX. Tabbouleh is another of my faves :)) You are a culinary wizard and men in aprons rock my world ;)~ Anywho, what time is brunch and what wine should I bring? he he xoxo++

[Perroquet51]

haha! Shelly, I'm always cooking something new and so many of them are dismal failures.

[ItalianStallionette]

Holy Cow!

What a beautiful way to prepare food.

Your knives are stunning too.

Where'd you get your awesome pan from? I want one.

This is a very impressive cooking video! Favored!

[Perroquet51]

Gina, the griddle that I cooked the fish on is Paula Deen's porcelain cast iron hoecake griddle.

[snarkdetriomphe]

you said hoe

[Perroquet51]

haha! And you came running ;-)

[oWHONERSo]

Damn I don't like salad but this looked so damn good! Man Mark, your cucumber is HUGE! I mean what?! Salad looked good as hell tho!!

[Perroquet51]

Bruce, I should check my stats to see how many people made it past the point where I rolled out the cucumber ;-)

[BaileyAndBryansZoo]

Oh MY thats a long ass cucumber. ! This looks delicious marc.lol the tomatoes have eyes.Umm the fish fabulous!

[bCurious2]

Thanks for this fabulous recipe! You have made my mouth water! This is so well explained I feel confident I can make it. I'm going to surprise my boy friend with it :-)

[Perroquet51]

bC, I hope it isn't an unpleasant surprise. Not everyone will like this, for one reason or another ;-)

[twish1999]

I was going to say that i can't make this as i don't know what scallions are or what Cilantro is.... then i googled them.... scallions are SPRING ONIONS! and Cilantro is CORIANDER!

so of couse i can make this!

But you take the seeds out of the cucumber? peel it too?

Love your cookery videos!!

:-)

[Perroquet51]

Twish, we also call them green onions. I've only seen "coriander" used to refer to dried cilantro, here.

[MrRandomWritings]

I hate food that stares back at me!!! Help!!!

[Perroquet51]

I should have done it up right and made fish with the head still on.

[RobNorthampton]

It looks delicious. Can I come to dinner?

[freitasex]

Give you a break?

Way professional and just plain excellent!

Now I know what to do with a cucumber!

[Perroquet51]

Thanks for the compliment but I need to learn to do these much faster.

[mymoosejaw]

Cucumber hay? Good idea... And I may have something to eat as well.

[mysteryglo]

Ok, next weekend I will be there for brunch and I want the same thing you just cooked! YUMMM!!  Love your presentation! LOL

[Perroquet51]

Let me warn you in advance, that you might not want to pick next weekend ;-)

[timido66]

That looks wonderful. I just may have to make that. Thanks for sharing.

[Perroquet51]

Thanks for watching, Van. Hope you are feeling a bit better, today.

[kateam1975]

Grate video you may inspire me to some day cook: )

[Perroquet51]

LOL. Cooking is fun, it's the filming of it that sucks.

[jrsnyderjr]

I love this salad because it has some of my favorite ingredients I always have on hand, like cilantro, cucumbers, peanuts and lime. Great combination of all ingredients, well done!

[Perroquet51]

This was the first time I used lime and, even though it's more authentic, I prefer all vinegar or vinegar and lemon juice.

[jrsnyderjr]

lime and cilantro are southwestern cooking staples, so I had no idea they were more authentic for this dish!

Reminds me to make a cucumber salad this afternoon Arizona style!

really liked this vid...

[thizizliz]

Yum! Love the faces on the tomatoes! Fun. Somehow I thought you were vegetarian - the salmon surprised me. oh, I'll bring the wine and be right over.

[Perroquet51]

No, Liz, I'm not vegetarian. I just make lots of vegetarian and vegan meals.

[souixana]

looks scrumptious Quetty!

[timido66]

Hi there. I am stalking you!

[Perroquet51]

Thanks :-) I'm slowly drifting to part time vegetarian, or at least more fish and chicken and less red meat.

[GoddessofBarefeet]

Yummy!!!

[NotaTrollTravlin]

mmmmmmmmm

looks yummy

[mrsbowlingballout]

OMG I had to favorite this one.... I am going to make this...You should invite us over for dinner some time you sure know how to cook my friend.... SWEET !

[Perroquet51]

Sweet of you to say. I think fewer people will want to join me for brunch if I upload the next installment.

[hallbe]

I love cucumber salads! Thanks!

[5uper5ubscriber]

Thanks

[Perroquet51]

You are so welcome :-)

[silverscreamgrl]

Darn it. Forget about the stove! Looks like you have a replacement. Whew.

[Perroquet51]

A poor replacement.

[CountryComesToTown]

Looks delicious Marc. I don't suppose it works without the peanuts? I'm allergic but but what the heck, it might be worth being a little itchy to try that. Nice Halloween insalata art! :-)

Jim

[Perroquet51]

No, Jim, I don't think it's worth it. The peanuts give it an added texture that is great but if you can't eat them, don't bother.

[souixana]

NO! DON't! YOU COULD GO INTO ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK!

[CountryComesToTown]

But Suzy it would be fun. If I die, they would say that Perr killed Country with his peanut recipe! LOL

[souixana]

Jim that's about as funny as a hemophiliac in a razor factory!

[Perroquet51]

Oh, Lord help me!

[torigirl35]

beautiful and delicious!

*tori*

[kismet0717]

Bon appetit....That is a good lookin plate!

Thx for the recipe!

HugZ sugar!

[OhCurt]

My, what a large cucumber.

[grabbing screen cap]

[Perroquet51]

I knew you'd like it ;-) Did you get past that?

[OhCurt]

LOL, yes I did. Just finished watching, actually. And nice artwork at the end (hard to word this so it's not a spoiler for the next viewer).

[77nova454]

mmm yum