Rojac (Pineapple and cucumbers with hot,red-pepper flakes)
- 1 small pineapple
- 2 small cucumbers
- 2 teaspoons hot, red-pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 1/2 cups snow peas or sugar snap peas
- Cut away and discard the leaf and bottom ends of the pineapple.
- Then cut away the brown and green exterior and the brown eyes.
- Cut the pineapple into quarters and cut away and discard the core.
- Cut each quarter into thin, small, crosswise slices.
- There should be about three cups.
- Peel the cucumbers and cut them in half lengthwise.
- Scrape out the seeds.
- Cu t the cucumbers into thin crosswise slices.
- There shouldbe about one and one-half cups.
- Combine the pineapple, cucumber, hot red-pepper flakes, lemon juice, vinegar and sugar.
- Let stand an hour or longer before serving.
- Meanwhile, drop the peas into boiling water and let stand one minute.
- Drain and chill.
- Add the peas to the pineapple mixture and serve.
pineapple, cucumbers, pepper, lemon juice, white vinegar, sugar, snow peas
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/5173 (may not work)