Cucumber Salad Recipe #2

CUCUMBER SALAD

Pare thickly, from end to end, and lay in ice-water one hour;
wipe them, slice thin, and slice an onion equally thin.
Strew salt over them, shake up a few times, cover and let remain in this brine for another hour.
Then squeeze or press out every drop of water which has been extracted from the cucumbers.
Put into a salad bowl, sprinkle with white pepper and scatter bits of parsley over them; add enough vinegar to cover.
You may slice up an equal quantity of white or red radishes and mix with this salad.



CUCUMBER SALAD

Peel and slice a cucumber,
mix together 1/2 a teaspoonful of salt,
1/4 of a teaspoonful of white pepper,
and 2 tablespoonfuls of olive oil,
stir it well together,
then add very gradually 1 tablespoonful of vinegar,
stirring it all the time.

Put the sliced cucumber into a salad dish, and garnish it with nasturtium leaves and flowers.