Outrigger Canoes

Name: Outrigger Canoes
Ingredients: 3 large cucumbers, halved lengthwise; several palm or banana leaf ribs (satay sticks may be substituted); several palm or banana leaf ribs (satay sticks may be substituted); several banana leaves, washed, drained and softened, stems removed

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Tradewinds & Coconuts

By Jennifer Brennan

Published 1997

About

Ingredients

3 large cucumbers, halved lengthwise
several palm or banana leaf ribs (satay sticks may be substituted)
several banana leaves, washed, drained and

Main course
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Take 5 of the cucumber halves and scoop out the seeds and flesh leaving walls of skin and flesh about ¼-inch thick. (These will be the canoe hulls.) Scoop the seeds out of the 6th cucumber half. Slice it lengthwise into 5 long, slivers. (These will be the outriggers.)
Split the ribs into slivers about 6 inches in length. (These will be the spars.) Split