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A Recipe from Mami's Kitchen: Cucumber Salad

cucumber cucumber salad hungarian food salad

A Recipe from Mami's Kitchen   My maternal grandmother, Mami, was of Austrian and Hungarian ancestry. She did the majority of the cooking at our home when I was growing up in Budapest since my parents were busy running their restaurant that was situated just below our house. I didn’t always know if I was eating Hungarian or Austrian food and still get surprised to this day when I find one of her old recipes in a cookbook.One day my Mami told me to try a salad dish she always served with chicken paprikash. I had absolutely no desire to...

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