[CH] Thai Cucumber Salad

Dale Hitchcock (dhitchco@zzapp.org)
Sun, 11 Jun 2000 18:35:30 -0400

A nice, standard recipe was posted  for Thai cucumber 
salad was posted by Cathy recently.   I make mine
with basically the same ingredients, but I use the smaller
pickling cucumbers and equal parts water, sugar, and
vinegar.  I also let the boiled mixture of sugar, water,
and vinegar cool before adding it to the cucumbers.  Once
it is cooled,  I pour it over the sliced cukes and sometimes
refrigerate them until serving time, when I add minced
Thai peppers, some chopped peanuts, a few cilantro leaves,
oh yes, and a few small slices of red onion or shallot.  This
salad goes great with a lot of Thai meals, especially satay,
and is a nice accompaniment for many other summer meals.

Cheers!
Dale Hitchcock
Bethesda, MD
dhitchco@zzapp.org