Dressed Cucumbers
Ingredients
Directions
Pare and slice the cucumbers very thin.
Strew a little fine salt over them.
Serve immediately.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Cucumbers
- Provide the crisp, watery body of the dish, which is what the salt draws moisture from.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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