Finnish Cucumber Salad Food

MEXICAN CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss together the cucumber, corn, tomatoes, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and red wine vinegar. Season with crushed red pepper flakes, garlic, cumin, cilantro, salt, and black pepper. Cover, and chill at least 30 minutes before serving.

GREEK CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Mix tomatoes, cucumber, green bell pepper, and onion together in a large bowl.
• Whisk vinegar, sugar, olive oil, black pepper, salt, and garlic together in a small bowl; pour over vegetables. Add olives; toss to coat. Divide salad among four plates; top each serving with feta cheese.

MIZERIA (POLISH CUCUMBER SALAD)

Steps:

• Sprinkle salt over cucumbers in a bowl. Let stand until cucumbers are soft, about 5 minutes. Squeeze liquid from cucumbers and discard. Add dill to cucumbers.
• Mix sour cream, lemon juice, and sugar in a bowl; add to cucumbers and toss to coat. Season with black pepper. Chill completely before serving, at least 30 minutes.

FINNISH CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Rinse the cucumbers. Do not peel, but score the skin by peeling the lines of a fork lengthwise through the peel.
• Slice cucumbers into very thin slices. Put into bowl with a lid.
• Mix the dressing ingredients.Pour over the cucumber slices and toss lightly.
• Cover with a lid and shake to coat evenly. Chill several hours to allow flavors to blend.
• It keeps well for days!

DILLED CUCUMBERS (FINNISH RECIPE)

Steps:

• Peel cucumbers, slice as thinly as possible. ("Salad shooter" is great!).
• Sprinkle with salt, mix, let them set in a bowl until they draw water out. Then squeeze them tightly.
• Put a handful in jar, then a sprinkle of dill. Then more cucumbers, etc. Mix vinegar, sugar, and pepper. Pour over cukes in jar. Stick a knife through to mix vinegar with cucumbers. Refrigerate. (Keeps a long time.).

VIENNESE CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Score cucumbers lengthwise with a fork and slice thin, preferably with slicing disk of a food processor. In a large bowl toss cucumbers with salt and let stand 1 hour.
• In a small saucepan bring vinegar and water to a boil with sugar, garlic, and dill seed, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and let dressing cool.
• In a colander drain cucumbers and rinse under cold water. Drain cucumbers well, squeezing out excess liquid. In a bowl combine cucumbers with dressing and marinate, covered and chilled, at least 1 hour and up to 6 hours. (After about 2 hours cucumber skin will discolor, but there will be no effect on flavor.)

AUTHENTIC POLISH CUCUMBER SALAD (MIZERIA)

Steps:

• Place cucumbers in a medium bowl.
• Add salt.
• Mix lightly until salt adheres evenly to cucumbers.
• Cover and refrigerate for one hour.
• Drain juice from limp cucumbers.
• In a small bowl, combine the remainder of the ingredients.
• Add to cucumbers, mixing gently.
• Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

FINNISH MUSHROOM SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the ingredients for the dressings, set aside.
• Heat a small amount of olive oil in a frying pan. Saute mushrooms until soft.
• Add the mushrooms in with the salad greens, pour over dressing. Toss to coat.