A particular cucumber salad...help me out here!

I make one with minced onions (red or green) and plain yoghurt (not low fat, balkan style is best) and mint and or prsley.Just salt and pepper for seasoning, yummy and easy. alittle drizzle of olive oil if you want.

It's basically just cucumbers in sour cream. You can add some chopped onions, celery seed, salt and pepper. If you want the cucumber slices to be soft, salt them heavily and let them sit for a little while, then squeeze the brine out of them before mixing in the other stuff.

it's also v. tasty w/dill -- scandinavian style

This is an old Hungarian recipe!! (Well, probably eastern European) You slice cucumbers really thin and put them in a collander, and salt them heavily. After about an hour, squeeze out all the liquid... in the meantime you'll have sliced up some onions thin and minced some garlic... then after the cukes are all drained and squeezed out you add vinegar, sugar and water (if this sounds right I'll go get the recipe for you) along with onions and garlic. Serve it cold! If you want you can add a couple tablespoons of sour cream.

Liz, that's how my Mom always made cucumber salad, though she added some celery seed and didn't include any garlic. But, that's different from the sour cream based salad she makes, too.

My family always mixed Miracle Whip, sugar and vinegar together then added sliced cucumbers and onions to it.

Ours was with mayo-it was the epitome of summer eatin' growing up!

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This is how I make it! To me the other recipes didn't seem quite right... but I guess everyone makes it different.

My recipe is with plain yogurt and garlic.