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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Cucumber Salad with Lime

After last year, which was a lack luster cucumber crop, my husband doubled down on the number of plants and abandoned the climbing fence for devoting a quadrant of the garden to them, and that has been massively successful, to the point where not an opportunity goes by to serve a cucumber salad to large numbers of people. We were doing a Mexican meal (we were gifted 6 dozen tortillas from a local tortilleria and wanted to take advantage of the windfall), and so did this salad as something that wouldn't clash with the calabacitas and the marninated chicken for tacos. 2 large English Cucumbers (or whatever you have, in our case)--sliced 1/4 of a red onion, very thinly sliced (or sub pickled red onion, or scallions) 1 jalapeno, seeded and finely diced 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon salt, or more to taste 1/2 teaspoon Aleppo Chili flakes 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1/2 bunch cilantro, or Italian parsley, or dill (1/2 cup chopped, more to taste) Place all ingredients in a bowl, and gently toss. Taste, adjust salt and acid. You want this to taste flavorful!

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