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I had a yen for cucumber/sour cream salad

13 years ago

So I mixed up some this morning, I sliced the cuke & onion real, real thin, on a mandolin, mixed up some plain sour cream with some dry ranch dressing mix. Stirred in the cuke & onion. I can hardly wait for dinner time, which will be Chicken Kiev, baked potatoes, green beans and sliced tomatoes, along with the highly anticipated cucumber salad. Whatcha all havin'. Dottie

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nicole__
13 years ago
Having left over grilled chicken and a green salad with cucumber, tomato and ranch dressing.
glenda_al
13 years ago
When I get to craving a cucumber/sour cream salad, I go to my favorite Chinese buffet. Always get me a saucer full!

hmmmmmm, maybe that's what I'll go for tomorrow!
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Thanks for the recipes and suggestions, Kathleen and Linda. They sound good but were not quite it. I guess I'll just have to tinker with it till I can get the right taste. When I lived in Oakland, CA, I used to take the bus with a friend to a shopping center (I had no idea where exactly I was)and we would stop in at this little deli. They made what they called Danish potato salad and used a sour cream mixture very close to this recipe, with the onions and cukes, as the dressing for the potatoes. Sprinkled celery seed on top. Oh, it was good! I've Googled for that as well, and found something similar on Recipeczar, except that the recipe called for green beans instead of cucumbers/onions and there was brown mustard in the recipe, which I know my original recipe didn't have. Isn't it funny how simple little recipes like this can get lost over the years? Everybody, back in the 1980's, was trying all the "new" recipes that Kraft would print in their advertisements in the magazines we bought. I guess I'm just getting old. I can remember when Lipton onion soup mixed into sour cream to make dip was a "new" idea. LOL!
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FlamingO in AR
13 years ago
Oh that sounds yummy! I make mine with just sour cream, a pinch of sugar and a bit of red wine vinegar or rice vinegar. And just cuke, sliced thin. I could do for that! I might make some to go with Woody's buffalo pot roast tonight, which I am not in the mood for in this hot weather.
lilliepad
13 years ago
That sounds good.Don't have a cucumber or I'd make some.I don't care for the onion in it either.We are having Carne Guisada and rice with tiny pieces if thin spagetti mixed in.Kinda like rice a roni but made from scratch.Maybe some garlic green beans,haven't decided yet.I have a version of fruit cocktail cake in the oven but made with crushed pineapple instead of the fruit cocktail.Smelling good in here.I had to argue with myself about baking the cake because it's so hot in here.As you can see the sweet tooth side won!LOL
donna_loomis
13 years ago
That is one of our favorite salads. I slice the cucumber and onion very thin, then salt them and let them set for about 20 minutes and drain. Then add the sour cream, a pinch of black pepper and a shot of red wine vinegar.
Cherryfizz
13 years ago
Growing up we had cucumber/onion sour cream every night with our dinners. My Mom would use a little white vinegar. I bed it tasted good with the Ranch dressing. I'll have to try it next time.

I had left over pancakes for dinner.

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cynic
13 years ago
I made sloppy joes on toast. Target had ground chuck for $1.49 a pound and it's great meat. I have some country style ribs thawing in the frig for either Monday or Tuesday.
Marilyn Sue McClintock
13 years ago
I made this recipe and took to the church dinner, yesterday. This is our favorite cucumber salad.

CUCUMBER SALAD

5 cucumbers, sliced
1 sm. onion, sliced
1 tsp. sugar
Salt
Pepper
1/4 c. Miracle Whip or mayonnaise

Place cucumbers and onion in bowl. Sprinkle sugar, salt and pepper over cucumber mixture. Combine with Miracle Whip or mayonnaise. (I use Miracle Whip)

Sue
izzie
13 years ago
I make a similar salad with cuc's and onions except I use cream instead of mayo. Yummy. Now I have a craving for it. Thanks guys.
phyllis__mn
13 years ago
I make this quite often, but it's at its very best with cukes right out of the garden. My kids say that their favorite salad from childhood (and they still love it), is simply cukes and tomatoes chunk-size, with mayo.
hgl_gaylemarie
13 years ago
I had a lettace wrap with Chive & Onion Cream Cheese, and Turkey. Love it. I was out of Cucumber or I would have had that with it.
joyfulguy
13 years ago
Hi Dottie,

Should you choose to travel to Japan, one of these days ...

... there's a whole bunch of people with a lot of yen, over there.

I'm not sure just how much cucumber or sour cream, or salads, fit into that scenario, though ... sorry.

ole joyful
susanjf_gw
13 years ago
have you ever done them with 1/2 qnd 1/2, instead of mayo?
jel48
13 years ago
Cucumber salad sounds YUMMY! I want garden fresh cucumbers and garden fresh tomatoes NOW!!!!!
dotmom
Original Author
13 years ago
The batch I made on Sunday lasted 2 1/2 days, and had to wait until I went to the store today to buy more cukes and onions, to make another batch, Yum

Lol Ole Joyful, guess there are different kinds of 'yens' my son's widow went to Japan to visit her son living and working there, and he told her that after existing on Ramin noodles all through collage, he was disappointed to find that, that's what they eat over there. Dottie

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