Once again I am playing with my food

My Grandmother Fischer (German) used to make a cucumber salad, it basically consisted of cucumbers salt and mayonnaise, this was a large part of our summer growing up.  Then when I moved to Chicago, I fell in love with gyros and the wonderful tzatziki sauce (Greek).  I realize now that there is very little difference between the two and and now when I make my version of cucumber salad it more resembles the Greek tzatziki sauce.

This is a quick cool summer salad that I make for two most of the time but is easily made for many more; and when you make it make it to your taste adding more of what you like.

2 cucumbers, peeled

2-3 tablespoons Greek yogurt

1 clove garlic, smashed dragged in a dash of salt to make a paste

1 tablespoon dill weed

2 teaspoons shallot diced

Slice the cucumber ultra thin either on a regular of hand mandolin or peel it to the seed with a peeler.   Add the garlic/ salt (always use sea salt) mixture, yogurt, dill and shallots to the mix. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or so and serve.  The salt will pull moisture out of the cucumbers and the mixture will become more liquid.  Eat as a side salad or top your gyros with it.  This will serve 2 with a little left – maybe.

Enjoy!!