This light and crisp cucumber salad is the ideal accompaniment to rich, fried, or spicy dishes, offering a refreshing contrast. Perfect with meals like ribs, Cajun shrimp boils, tonkatsu, or poached salmon, it provides a cooling balance to more intense flavors. To elevate this salad, follow two key steps: first, peel the cucumbers in alternating strips for a combination of texture and flavor absorption. Second, sprinkle with salt and allow the cucumbers to drain to remove excess water, resulting in a more flavorful and less watery salad. Though this dish can be prepared up to two days in advance, the cucumbers may lose some of their crispness.