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Chilled Cucumber Soup

3 Cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and grated
3 Cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and chopped
3 cloves Garlic
½ cup packed Parsley Leaves
½ cup Lemon Juice
½ cup Sour Cream
1½ quarts Buttermilk
1 tbsp Sea Salt
1 tsp grated Lemon Peel
1 tsp Pepper
2 cups Water

In a food processor, puree the chopped cucumbers with garlic, parsley, lemon juice, and sour cream. Combine the grated cucumbers with the rest of the ingredients and adjust seasonings as needed. Serve with more cucumbers, scallions, and mint. From Louisa's in Cape May, with some slight revisions...like more garlic and lemon, of course.

Hm. This would be excellent for my scratchy hayfever throat...