A recipe for making cucumber salad –Pare thickly,from end to end,and lay in ice-water one hour;wipe them,slice thin,and slice an onion equally thin. Strew salt over them,shake up a few times,cover and let remain in this brine for another hour. Then squeeze or press out every drop of water which has been extracted from the cucumbers. Put into a salad bowl,sprinkle with white pepper and scatter bits of parsley over them;add enough vinegar to cover. You may slice up an equal quantity of white or red radishes and mix with this salad.
