Hearts of Palm Salad

(click to enlarge)	Hearts of Palm Salad
	Serves: Effort: Sched: DoAhead:	6 sal ** 20 min Yes		A tart and tasty salad that's a bit different from the usual - always a hit when I've served it. Taking the heart kills most palms, but commercial production is all from clumping palms that just send up new stems.

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cans Palm Hearts
Cucumber (1)
Green Olives (2)
Celery
Marinated Pimento
Scallions
Olive oil extV
Lemon Juice
Salt
Sugar
Paprika
-- Garnish
Marinated Pimento

Cut PALM HEARTS diagonally into convenient size pieces, cut cucumber into similar pieces and mix.
Pit OLIVES and chop very fine along with CELERY, PIMENTO and SCALLIONS. Guestimating the amounts is OK.
Mix Olive mix with ALL * ITEMS.
When ready to serve pour dressing over the Palm Heart Mix and garinish with strips of Marinated Pimento.

NOTES:

Cucumber: preferably Kirbys, European or some other small diameter cucumber than can be used skin-on. If standard waxed cucumbers are used peel and scoop out the seeds.
Green Olives: preferably Mediterranean style brine packed, but regular Spanish style supermarket olives can be used.
U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch