1.   Thinly slice the cucumbers.

2.   For those, I use yogurt or sour cream, but the cucumbers are thinly sliced, not pureed, and the soup has better texture.

3.   He can slice a cucumber so it unfolds like a fan, sliver carrots into threads and cut chicken so thin that light shines through the pale pink flesh.

4.   Peel and thinly slice cucumbers.

5.   Peel and thinly slice cucumbers, removing seeds, if desired.

6.   So does slicing a cucumber and placing the slices over the eyes.

7.   Wash, trim and slice the cucumber thinly.