On May 22, 6:00�am, Stan Horwitz > wrote:
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> �Sheldon > wrote:
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> > Cucumber salad is a much better accompaniment to smoked fish than to
> > typical deli meats... I've no idea why it's sold at the 2nd Ave Deli,
> > other than it being a good profit maker. �It goes very well with
> > smoked whitefish and smoked sable, goes naturally with lox and
> > pickeled herring of all sorts. �This cucumber salad is typically
> > served at kosher dairy restaurants, usually as a complimentary
> > condiment the same as meat delis serve free sour pickles. �At home it
> > was the standard side for tuna/salmon salad. �When my garden has a
> > glut of cukes I make a very similar concoction only I make a small
> > dice of young peeled cukes and add dark red kidney beans, and replace
> > part of the vinegar with fresh squeezed lemon juice... the diced cukes
> > and beans lends itself better to eating with a spoon, so I can shovel
> > it in. �Another favorite is to add diced beets... I call it Barb's
> > Bliss... superb with a sardine on buttered pumpernickle sandwich --- a
> > five pickle hat winner!
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> Like any self-respecting Jewish deli, the 2nd Avenue Deli has smoked
> fishes on its menu.

Kosher delis traditionally do not serve smoked/pickled fish
(appetizing)... the redolence is too invasive, a pastrami sandwich
can't be enjoyed when the next table reeks of smoked fish... that the
2nd. Ave Deli serves typical kosher dairy restauant fare makes me
wonder if it's truly kosher, I seriously suspect not (in fact I know
it's not, in the sense that "there's something not kosher here"). Of
course the mid-town NYC restaurants are all very poor quality in that
they're not at all representive of traditional ethnic viands, they
cater exclusively to the tourists. I saw the pictures of 2nd Ave.
Deli food you posted, all looked pretty bad. The only thing eye
opening about a 2nd. Ave Deli experience is their exhorbitant prices,
which of course is typical for anything purchased in mid-town.