Cucumber soup
Cucumber soup is a traditional Polish and Lithuanian soup. It is made from sour, salted cucumbers and potato. Occasionally rice is substituted for the potatoes. A similar soup is also common in Russia and Ukraine, where it is known as rassolnik.
Cucumber soup is also any soup using cucumbers as a primary ingredient, and is present in various cuisines. The two major varieties are fresh cucumber soup and pickled cucumber soup.Some fresh cucumber soups are just a blend of ingredients served cold, others are cooked, possibly in some kind of broth, and served either hot or chilled.
