Cucumber and Sour Creme "Miseria"

Submitted by Brentster

"I have found my friends, mom's, Polish cuisine, to be very endearing and this is a side dish called Miseria which I have grown to love very much and I am sure you will also."

 

• Ready In: 8mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 2-3

ingredients

• 2 cucumbers
• salt
• pepper
• 1 pint sour cream

directions

1. skin the cucumbers.
2. and slice them thin.
3. sprinkle with salt.
4. mix this up.
5. leaving this sit for 5 minutes.
6. squeeze the excess liquid in hands.
7. sprinkle with pepper.
8. Mix in Sour Creme and serve.

Reviews

[Marie Ford]

I make a similar recipe with cucumbers & sour cream. Instead of plain salt,however, I use Garlic Salt (shake heavily), and also several good shakes of paprika. This is a hit with everyone to whom I have served it.

 

[Katanashrp]

I really could eat a whole bowl of it. I like to eat it together with mashed potatoes, the way I used to when I was a child growing up in Poland. I also add Vegeta, which is a seasoning used often in Polish cooking. Darn, I wish I had more cucumbers in the fridge :(

 

[duonyte]

Our family made this too - we're Lithuanian, but I suspect that this is popular across a wide region. What we do different is to add either a chopped scallion or minced fresh dill to the sour cream before mixing it with the cukes. A wonderful, refreshing salad.

 

[snuggleme]

I grew up in Poland and mizeria is one of my favorite salads. My mom made it on the sweet side though, she added a couple of teaspoons of sugar to the sour cream, as well as vinegar as previously posted by others.

 

[KelownaEcho]

When summer comes, I can hardly wait for the cucumbers so that I can make cucumbers & sour cream. I usually add a little vinegar to the cucumbers after draining them, then add the sour cream. When my Mom made this my Dad would have a whole soup bowl full - not just a spoonful for him!!