Cottage Cheese with Cucumber

Name: Cottage Cheese with Cucumber
Yield: Four to six servings.
Ingredients: 1 cucumber; 3 scallions (green onions); 1 pint (2 cups) cottage cheese (preferably large curd); Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; Tomato slices or lettuce leaves or both; Few drops Tabasco sauce; Juice of ½ lemon; 4 to 6 tablespoons mayonnaise

Preparation info

Four to six
servings.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

About

Cottage cheese as an ingredient, like potatoes and noodles, borrows character from whatever it is combined with. It takes well to cucumbers, scallions, and mayonnaise, and a combination of the four is a joy for a light snack or as a side dish for hamburgers and other broiled dishes.

Ingredients

1 cucumber
3 scallions (green onions)
1 pint (2

Side dish
Snack
Vegetarian
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Use a swivel-bladed paring knife and peel the cucumber lengthwise. Trim off the ends. Split the cucumber in half and, using a small spoon, scoop out the seeds.
Place half the cucumber on a flat chopping board. Using a sharp knife, slice the cucumber lengthwise at ¼-inch intervals. Hold the lengths of cucumber in one hand and chop cucumber crosswise to