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Viral cucumber salad conquers TikTok

How do you say… cucumber?

By Jamie Lee

Published on August 15, 2024, 6:27 p.m. ET

Do you ever get jealous (and hungry!) when you watch other people eating delicious dishes online? Well, depending on how you feel about cucumbers, you may or may not have that problem with TikToker Logan Moffitt's viral salads.

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In other words, you might find your mouth watering, or you might decide you need to keep scrolling. Again, it depends on what you think of cucumbers, because they're the star of the show here. But if you ask other TikTokers who have tried Logan's recipes, they'll probably tell you that it doesn't matter what you think of cucumbers, because the flavors he mixes together are supposed to hit.

Millions of people have discovered Logan's culinary creations. Find out all about his salads here…

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TikTok is craving cucumber salad after this user's videos went viral.

“Sometimes you just need a whole cucumber,” Logan begins most of his videos, and he really means it. He usually slices a whole cucumber with a mandoline and places the pieces in a plastic deli container before adding the magic. He's also a fan of adding MSG (his trademark is “MSG, obviously”).

In one of his previous viral cucumber videos, he combines cucumbers, soy sauce, fish sauce, rice vinegar, two whole green onions, a whole grated garlic clove, sesame oil, and sesame seeds. In another, he mixes cucumbers with olive oil, red pepper brine, white vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper.

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If you like it spicy, try this recipe, to which he adds tahini, “MSG, of course,” Korean chili flakes, honey and the juice of half a lime and half a lemon. “If you like it sour or spicy, you'll love this,” he says.

Of course, always remember to loosen up your salads.

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There's also a bagel he calls “salmon avocado bagel theme” that includes cucumbers, cream cheese, ranch dressing, bagel seasoning, slices of smoked salmon cut into small pieces, capers, and finely sliced ​​red onion.

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And for the meat lovers, he also makes a “steak sandwich style” cucumber salad, where he slices a whole steak and adds it to his pickles before adding thin red onions, cherry tomatoes, grated cheese, parsley, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, a balsamic glaze, salt and pepper, and “of course, MSG.” He says it “tastes like a steak sandwich in a deli wrapper.”

But if you're just looking for a simple “midnight snack,” as he calls this Salt and Vinegar Cucumber Chips recipe, you can take your cucumber slices and add vinegar, salt, “MSG, of course,” and sugar.

He also has a cucumber kimchi. Logan's TikTok has tons of recipes – even ones that don't contain cucumbers.

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Logan, who is from Ottawa, said in an interview with Today that he took inspiration from Korean cooking YouTuber Maangchi, with the outlet noting that one of his salads resembles her “spicy cucumber side dish.” Mmm, so many possibilities. We want to try both!

Now if you'll excuse us, we're at the supermarket buying… well, you know.

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