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I bought 3 japanese cucumbers at the Farmers Market. Cut them in thin small pieces, layered it with salt (lots of salt) and a little black pepper for a few minutes, and tossed with a couple tbsp creme fraiche, and 3 cloves finely minced garlic. Sprinkled with sumac.
It was really good! I like the Japanese cucumbers a lot. They didn't render barely any water when I first put them in salt, which I usually do both for flavor and to render the water. I like cucumbers with a lot of salt. And this time, lots of garlic...
The sumac I just ordered from Penzeys... but it's almost red? I'm surprised: I went to Turkey a long time ago and I remember having sumac on salads there, I even bought some sumac from a market in Izmir... all the sumac I saw in Turkey was consistently dark purple.
Anyway it tasted great! /img/vbsmilies/smilies/smile.gif
It was really good! I like the Japanese cucumbers a lot. They didn't render barely any water when I first put them in salt, which I usually do both for flavor and to render the water. I like cucumbers with a lot of salt. And this time, lots of garlic...
The sumac I just ordered from Penzeys... but it's almost red? I'm surprised: I went to Turkey a long time ago and I remember having sumac on salads there, I even bought some sumac from a market in Izmir... all the sumac I saw in Turkey was consistently dark purple.
Anyway it tasted great! /img/vbsmilies/smilies/smile.gif