Chapter XI · Hors-d’Œuvres · No. 332
332—Cucumber and Pimento Salad
Select some very fresh, medium-sized cucumbers, peel them, and cut them into pieces two inches in length. Cut these pieces spirally, beginning at their peripheries and working towards their centres; then cut them diametrally, so as to produce curved strips of the vegetable. Add an equal quantity of pimentos cut into strips, and season as in the case of cucumber salad.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 332, p. 149. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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