Japanese Cucumber and Crab Salad

A very delicate and unusual salad.  Don't be put off by the salt, it
is used to draw water from the cucumbers, and then the salt water
is drained off.  A most unusual and tasty salad.
 
 

4 cucumbers, sliced thin, unpealed

1 tablespoon salt

1 6-ounce can of crab Dressing

¼ cup light soy sauce *

1/8 cup rice wine vinegar *

½ tablespoon sesame oil *

Pintch of sugar

Mix the cucumbers with salt.  Place in a colander, and the salt and
water will drain off.  Drain for about 45 minutes.  Mix with the
crab.  Make a dressing of the light soy sauce, rice wine vinegar,
sesame oil, and sugar.  Toss with the crab and serve.

SERVES 6.

        *These ingredients are available in any Oriental food store.

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