Cucumber Salad with Cilantro

These sweet, juicy, and very crisp cucumbers from Yuno's Farm are in the market this week. You can put them in this salad, or make cucumber sandwiches (ideally with salt-rising bread). When I have extra cilantro around, I make this alternate salad.

Cucumber Salad with Cilantro

4 large cucumbers, or six or seven kirbies

olive oil

apple cider vinegar

kosher salt

cilantro, minced (about 12 sprigs, or whatever you need to use up)

Peel the cucumbers, or don't. Slice them into quarters longitudinally, and slice the quarters into chunks about 1/3 of an inch thick. Put the cucumbers in a bowl and toss them with oil, vinegar, salt and cilantro.

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סאַלאַט מיט קאָנאָפּליעס און פּעטרישקע--כּמו־טאַבאָלע

סאַלאַט מיט קאָנאָפּליעס און פּעטרישקע (כּמו־טאַבאָלע)

1 טעפּל קאָנאָפּליעס

1 קלײן בינטל פּעטרישקע, גוט צעשניטן

¼ טעפּל מאַסלינע בױמל

זאַפֿט פֿון 1 לימענע

1 רױטע פֿעפֿערל, אָפּגעשײלט און צעשניטן

זאַלץ און פּאַפּריקע

סאַלאַט בלעטער

גיסט'ץ אָן די קאָנאָפּליעס מיט ¼ טעפּל הײסע װאַסער און לאָז זײ אײַנצוװײקן אַ פּאָר מיניט. גיט'ץ צו בױמל, צעשניטענע פּעטרישקע, און זאַפֿט. גיט'ץ צו דאָס פֿעפֿערל און מישט'ץ גוט אױס. לײגט'ץ די "טאַבאָלע" אױף סאַלאַט בלעטער.

This recipe appears in English here.

דער רעצעפּט געפֿינט זיך אױף ענגליש דאָ

Hemp Seed and Tahini Salad (A Gesture Toward Hummus)

This recipe is not substitute for khumes (hummus); it is its own little thing—a gesture toward hummus.

Hemp Seed and Tahini Salad (Hemp Seed Hummus)

1 ½ cups hulled hemp seeds

salt, about two teaspoons

3 cloves garlic (more or less)

½ - ¾ cup tahini (I used roasted tahini this time)

½ cup lemon juice (it is also nice to substitute brine from pickled hot peppers, if you happen to have some)

several sprigs cilantro (about ¼ cup minced) optional

1 dried chicostle chile or other medium dried red chile
Several tablespoons of your loveliest olive oil
A dusting of sumac, and a dusting of paprika or Middle Eastern red pepper

Put the hemp seeds and salt in a saucepan with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and simmer for ten minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool somewhat.

Drop the peeled garlic cloves and dried chile into a processor or other device and grind or mince fine. Add the hemp seeds with their liquid, tahini and lemon juice. Blend everything well, and chill.

Turn the salad out onto a shallow plate or platter. Use the back of a spoon to swirl eddies and ridges in the center and drizzle olive oil over all. Dust with sumac or paprika or both.

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