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Sour Cream Cucumber Salad

“'ONE OF the staples of Ukrainian cooking is sour cream. This combination of sour cream and cucumbers makes a very tasty salad. During the summer we use cucumbers from our garden for that wonderfully fresh, crunchy taste. But store-bought cucumbers work almost as well, so we enjoy this dish year-around--it goes especially well with meat dishes.'”

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Reviewed: May 23, 2012

I am Polish and this brings me back to my grandma's recipe....just add fresh dill! Yum!

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RenataTostada

Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2012

This salad was delightful. I truly loved it. I substituted corse black pepper for the white pepper and was very pleased with the outcome (especially since I tend to use more pepper than anyone else I know)

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Andrea

Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2012

I made this last night and am still thinking about how good it was. I did change up the prep a bit. I let the cucumbers drain for about 30 minutes (next time I will do this overnight) and then let them swim in a rice wine vinegar bath for about 30 minutes. I didn't rinse off the salt before throwing the cucumbers in the vinegar. I mixed together the sour cream, green onions, 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, black pepper, and 2 teaspoons of rice wine vinegar while the cucumbers were draining/marinating. Then I removed the cucumbers from the vinegar, blotted them dry again, and mixed them with the sour cream. I added some paprika on top. It was delicious. Served it with the spicy salmon with caramelized onions recipe from here.

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HOLLY9000

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2012

It was "good" but the flavor didn't wow me, perhaps partially due to the season and the quality of the cucumber I used. But, with a little ranch dressing, as suggested by someone else, and perhaps a little dill weed to give it a flavor boost, this could be excellent especially at a summer picnic.

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Jennifer

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Manassas, Virginia, USA

Living In: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2011

This has become my go-to salad whenever I feel that our dinner needed an extra kick. I love its tangy taste! This salad is very refreshing, and living in a humid country certainly makes this even better! I use quite a lot of vinegar and pepper, and I agree with one review about letting the cucumbers sit for an hour or more so that the salad will not be watery.

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Misis_I

Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2011

I'm Hungarian and this is similar to my Mom's recipe except we don't add onions. Instead we use 3 cloves of crushed garlic (love garlic) and add the sour cream right away so that the cucumbers will absorb the flavour. Sprinkle a little red (sweet) pepper on top for decoration.

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Irene

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2011

Been making this for years, one of our favorites, I add one teaspoon fresh dill.

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Ganny

Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2011

I add dried dill & sweet onions instead of green onions

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Sunshine

Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2011

I have been making a similar recipe for years. I mix sliced cucumbers and crushed garlic with the sour cream. For some of you who thought something was missing thats it GARLIC.

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