Grated Cucumber Salad with Oregano

This was pretty good. I used english cucumbers - thinking they'd give off less water than the standard. Wrong! Amazing amounts of liquid leave those shredded vegetables - but still the salad is plenty moist.

This is a simple salad - I had to use dry oregano - and yet it still had a pretty fresh taste. We also added the olives. There was a bit of sweetness from the sugar - but it all balanced pretty well.

We liked this quite a bit. I made a half recipe with a whole cuke (I think what's called an English cuke in the USofA, but the only kind usually available). Wrung out the grated cuke in a dish towel. Used dried oregano, it being winter with no fresh in the garden. The blend of tastes (cuke, lemon juice, oregano, olives) worked quite well. This was a nice addition as a side salad.