Make Cucumber Salad

Cucumber salad is often served during summer when cucumbers are plentiful. The salad also makes a refreshing do-ahead dish as it can be made ahead. Cucumber salad is reminiscent of fresh pickles.

Ingredients

• Cucumbers in vinegar salad
  • 2 cucumbers, European type if possible
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup white vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon white pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

• Cucumber, lime and peanut salad
  • 2 cucumbers, long
  • 1 salad onion
  • Pepper, to taste
  • Handful of peanuts, chopped
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • Coriander (cilantro), fresh
  • Salt, to taste

Steps

Cucumbers in vinegar salad

1. Slice cucumbers as thin as possible.
2. Combine water, sugar, white vinegar and white pepper.
3. Pour over cucumber slices.
4. Let chill at least 4 hours in the refrigerator.
5. Drain cucumbers before serving.
6. Serve in a pretty bowl.

Cucumber, lime and peanut salad

1. Dice the cucumbers. Chop the onion finely.
2. Mix the chopped ingredients together in a salad bowl.
3. Mix the the peanuts and lime juice together. Add salt to preference. Tip into the salad bowl and mix to coat the ingredients.
4. Add shredded or torn fresh coriander (cilantro) to top off the salad.
5. Serve immediately. This salad tastes best when eaten soon after creating.

Tips

• You can add sliced red or white onion to the salad. This makes a nice variation.
• Take a fork and run the tines along the cucumber rind before slicing. Run the tines vertically leaving "stripes" of green rind.
• Serve the salad with sprigs of fresh dill as garnish.

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