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Slice cucumbers as thin as you can.
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Arrange cucumber slices in a bowl in layers, salting between layers. Sprinkle the cukes with salt, don't over salt them.
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Let stand 2 hours.
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Rinse with cold water until no salt remains. Make sure you rinse salt out of cukes extremely well or the salty taste will stay.
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Drain well and pat dry.
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Thinly slice red onions and break apart rings.
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In a separate bowl, mix sugar and oil, then add vinegar and water.
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Add more sugar or vinegar if not sweet or sour enough.
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It should have a nice tangy taste.
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Add onions and cucumber to vinegar dressing.
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Mix well.
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Cover and refrigerate for a couple hours, stirring frequently to blend flavors.
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Serve with steak, chicken, at a BBQ or with a deli style sandwich!
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This doubles and even triples well! This makes alot of dressing for the cukes, but I like it that way so the cukes are totally immersed and absorb the flavor.
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Edited to add: you can also add fresh dill weed to the vinegar dressing if you wish.
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Edited June 2011 to include: You can also try using Splenda in place of sugar. It doesn't alter the taste too much and I have successfully used it in place of sugar. It depends on your tastebuds.
