This cucumber salad with fresh dill is the perfect dish for hot summer days. It’s light, refreshing, and packed with flavor. The tangy vinegar dressing and fresh dill garnish give it a unique and delicious taste.
Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers, sliced very thin
- 1/3 c. white vinegar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 large onion, sliced thin
- fresh dill
Salad Preparation
- Combine all ingredients, except dill, making sure juices are mixed well.
- Garnish with dill.
- Chill.
Calorie: 50
Total cooking time:15 minutes
Difficulty level: Easy
The Saga of the Cucumber Salad
I found myself in my kitchen, staring down two green monsters. They had a waxy exterior, and a cold, crisp interior. No, I wasn’t facing off against alien invaders. I was conquering cucumbers. The mission? To transform these humble vegetables into a tantalizing cucumber salad with a dill garnish.
The Ingredients: More Than Meets The Eye
Now, don’t be fooled. Cucumbers may look innocent enough, but they can be tricky customers. Especially when you’re trying to slice them paper thin. My trusty knife was my weapon of choice in this battle. As for the other ingredients? 1/3 c. white vinegar, 1 tsp. salt, 3 Tbsp. sugar, and 1 large onion, who was also sliced thin, to share the cucumber’s fate. And let’s not forget the star of the show, the fresh dill.
The Mixing Bowl Massacre
The next step was to combine all the ingredients, except for the dill. This is where things got messy. I mean, mixing cucumbers, onions, vinegar, salt, and sugar? It’s a recipe for chaos. But I was determined. I made sure the juices were mixed well, despite the onion trying to make me cry and the vinegar attempting to pick a fight with my nostrils. But I prevailed.
Dill: The Garnishing Hero
With everything mixed, it was time to bring in the dill. Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to garnish a salad with dill, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. You might think it’s just sprinkling some green stuff on top, but oh no. It’s about balance, harmony, artistic expression. Well, that’s what I tell myself to make it sound more exciting.
The Chilling Climax
With the salad garnished, there was only one thing left to do: chill. And I don’t mean relax with a good book and a glass of wine. The salad needed to chill in the fridge. This is the part where patience is tested. A watched pot may never boil, but a watched salad never chills. I swear it took longer because I kept checking on it.
The Taste Test Triumph
Finally, the moment of truth. The taste test. I took a bite, and all the slicing, mixing, garnishing, and chilling was worth it. The cucumber was crisp, the vinegar tangy, the onion sharp, and the dill—oh, the dill—it was the finishing touch that made everything sing.
So, there you have it. The saga of the cucumber salad. It’s a tale of two cucumbers, a stubborn onion, rebellious vinegar, sneaky salt, sweet-talking sugar, and a heroic sprig of dill. And in the end, a delicious salad that’s worth every humorous hiccup along the way.
