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nana devines cucumber salad

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Recipe by
Deneece Gursky
@Smokeygirlxo
Miami, FL

I remember the first time I cooked dinner for my husband. I asked Nana for her recipe for beef stew and for her cucumber salad. Well she omitted the part about mixing the flour with water to thicken the stew and only told me to add flour, she also gave me all the ingredients for the salad but neglected to tell me a few steps (nana thought i was accomplished like she was lol) Needless to say I ended up with two lumpy dishes that my angel of a hubby ate anyway lol. The cuccumbers in this seem to flop after you go thru the steps however when you bite into them they are crispy and delish!!

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Ingredients For nana devines cucumber salad

  • 2 large cucumbers
  • 2 large white onions
  • 1 cup white vinegar
  • 1 cup water
  • sugar to raise liquid to 3 cups
  • several t sour cream
  • salt (you will need alot, enough to salt cukes and onions down as shown in pics. no worries this will be rinsed off later. it is not only for flavor but to get cukes to the correct floppy yet crispy texture)

How To Make nana devines cucumber salad

  • 1
    Cut ends from cucumbers (my nana always said to cut ends off prior to peeling because it keeps the bitterness to a minimum)
  • 2
    Remove skin from cucumbers.
  • 3
    Slice cucumbers into thin slices as shone. Then slice onions into thin rings on seperate plate.
  • 4
    Put thinly sliced cucumbers into a large bowl
  • 5
    Salt down cucumbers (you have to use alot of salt, you should be able to see it on them)
  • 6
    Add onions to cukes and salt again. Cover with an inverted plate and allow to sit in salt for 2 hours at room temp.
  • 7
    Drain cukes in colander and rinse well to remove salt.
  • 8
    Measure out 1 c warm water into measuring cup
  • 9
    Now add white vinegar to make 2 cup liquid
  • 10
    then add sugar until liquid rises just below the 3 cup mark. (I know its alot of sugar but this combo is what gives the cukes their amazing and unique taste) Stir vigorously until sugar is completely dissolved.
  • 11
    Put cukes and onions back in bowl and pour vinegar and sugar mix over the top. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour.
  • 12
    Remove from frig and drain in colander. Allow liquid to drain out but do NOT rinse!!
  • 13
    Return cukes to bowl and stir in sour cream 1 tablespoon at a time. (You will not need much) They should appear as shown.
  • 14
    This is an amazingly refreshing crisp salad with a very unique tartly sweet flavor. I have never had a single person not go back for seconds.
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