On the hottest days, make this cooling cucumber dinner

Smashed cucumber, avocado and shrimp salad. Crushed until craggy and tossed with shrimp, cucumbers soak up a sesame and avocado sauce in this easy, invigorating dish from Melissa Clark. Food styled by Rebecca Jurkevich. (Johnny Miller/The New York Times)

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By The New York Times News Service Syndicate | wordpress@medianewsgroup.com

PUBLISHED: August 16, 2023 at 12:04 PM MDT

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Smashed, salted cucumbers form the base of cooling summer salads in many parts of Asia, whether dressed with rice vinegar and soy sauce or spicy Sichuan peppercorns, chiles and peanuts.

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