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Japanese Cucumber  Salad

The latest of my grandmother’s recipes is a five-star winner and a perfect zingy pick me up for cold February evenings.

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What is Rose’s Recipes

I’m cooking my way through all of them, the good the bad and the dated! As a memorial to my grandmother and also as a trip into the culinary past.

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