[snow white]

What do I do with them?

[Annen]

pickle them? Eat them?

[compostqueen]

Same as you use cucs I suppose. Or you dill pickle them

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[snow white]

But it is like a cactus.  How on earth do I prepare it.

[mumofstig]

Clean them by rubbing vigorously under water to remove their small 'spikes', I use a sponge scourer 

There are lots of recipes for pickled cornichons on line 

[compostqueen]

The spikes aren't sharp actually, not when you try and eat them. I started off peeling them but now don't bother. They have very creamy flesh I find, a bit like avocado   

[snow white]

Do you have to pickle them.  Can they be eaten raw?

[mumofstig]

I you let them grow bigger then you can eat them as small cucumbers, but sometimes they get bitter as they get bigger.

[compostqueen]

Yes eat them as they are