Organic Shot Glasses

With a few bold carving strokes (and the help of an apple corer), transform a few simple cucumbers into these guest-pleasing shot glasses

These organic cucumber shot glasses are an amazing way to get your next party started. They are a great accompaniment to tequila, gin, vodka or even sake. They look stunning and are a pleasure to hold in your hand. They impart a gentle cucumber accent, but are mostly about the texture and visual effect.

Step 1: Ingredients & Tools

3-4 large organic cucumbers. as straight as possible ( yield 2  to 3 glasses per cucumber depending on size)

coarse flake salt (such as a fleur de sel)

apple corer

6-inch chef's knife
3-inch paring knife
(both knives preferably Wusthof, as they have the best carving edge) 

Comments

[Treknology]

As a child who used to bite the sides out of glasses, I welcome your organic substitute.

[sboyle6]

Cutco is better than Wusthof. :P

[wambolicious]

Martha Stewart did this a loooonnnggg time ago... thank you for reminding me of it; now that I'm of drinking age, I'd like to try this.

[crummett]

Looks like it'd be great for an inside-out Pimm's Cup.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2010/04/the_pimms_cup

[onrust]

I'm off to the store.......................>

[shadekat]

This just screams for Hendricks gin.

[Sunnedaez]

I guess at the end of the party the clean up is simple on the shot glasses. You just eat them right. "Hey Lucy I'm home" said Ricky Recardo.

[hvansick]

scoochmaroo did something similar to this to make stuffed zucchini, if I remember correctly, and used a large drill bit to core the zucchini. It might work well in this instance too, and alleviate the need to chip out core once you have it cut.

[gabry207]

When i was a child my grandma used to make those glasses to make me eat cucumber! =D