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A Taste of Home: Old Fashioned Cucumber Salad for Family Tables

A Taste of Home: Old Fashioned Cucumber Salad for Family Tables
Prep
10 min
Total
10 min
Serves
4
Calories
50 kcal
Carbs
12.00 g

Ingredients

  • 1 cupwater
  • 1 cupapple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoonswhite sugar
  • 1 teaspoondried dill weed ((or fresh dill))
  • 1-2 largeseedless cucumbers ((English or Persian cucumbers))
  • ½ largered onion ((or sweet onion))

Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix the water, vinegar, and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Add the dill weed.

  2. 2

    Use a mandoline slicer or kitchen knife to thinly slice the cucumber and red onion to about 1/8 inch thick (about 2 millimeters). Peeling the cucumber is optional.

  3. 3

    Add the cucumbers and onions to the water/vinegar mixture. Let them marinate for at least 2 hours or up to 4 days in the refrigerator.