Spring onion and herb salad

This is lovely alongside all sorts of meat: as green and herb-filled as a spring roast chicken wants and as citrusy and refreshing as any slow-cooked lamb or beef meatballs might demand.

If you can get hold of baby cucumbers for this, then do: they have a lot less water in them than the larger version. If you start with the large ones that’s fine: just slice in half lengthways, s