Cucumber Fanatic: A review of three of TikToker Logan’s cucumber salad recipes that have taken over social media

Cucumbers are my favorite snack to eat after school — usually paired with a side of ranch to dip them in or a dash of salt and pepper sprinkled on the top. 

It wasn’t until I saw the surge of Logan X’s cucumber salads trending on my TikTok For You Page that I was introduced to the various pairings that could be made with cucumbers.

Growing hungrily curious about the different recipes, I was desperate to make one of these nontraditional salads for myself.

Your grocery list for this salad will include olive oil, pepperoncini pepper juice, extra white vinegar, honey, sea salt and pepper. As instructed in all of Logan X’s videos, I added an entire horizontally sliced cucumber to a mixing bowl and threw my ingredients into a plastic container before shaking it aggressively to mix the liquids together.

I was skeptical. I couldn’t piece together how sweet honey and violently bitter vinegar could possibly create an appealing taste.

As soon as I tasted this dish, I was reminded of a fresh Italian salad. It had just the right amount of savory ingredients to overpower the sweet hint of the honey. The salad wasn’t only extremely easy to make but was also, so far, my favorite of the bunch.

With all the ingredients easily accessible in my fridge at home, this salad will be an easy yet healthy dish, unlike the usual grease-filled snacks I see trending on my For You Page.

After my simple savory salad, I decided it was time to try something more unusual, like the PBJ&H Salad recipe. This salad called for peanut butter, strawberry jelly, honey and a pinch of sea salt.

Immediately, the thought of mixing a clammy vegetable into sweet spreads made me queasy — but people seemed to be surprised at the unique yet tasty flavor. 

So once again, I chopped up a cucumber, added the spoonfuls of peanut butter, jelly, honey and salt, and got to shaking.

This one took a lot more time to mix, as the spreads and salt all stuck together and separated from the cucumbers. After five minutes of violently shaking my tupperware, I had completed my sticky PBJ&H concoction.

I grabbed a fork and scooped up a chunk of cucumber. One bite left me conflicted. The crunchy and chewy vegetables covered in the toppings made me nauseous.

After the previous success, this salad was my least favorite. If the contrast in texture didn’t bring me to tears with disgust, I might have found it more tasty. 

If you enjoy a sweet, smooth garnish with a crunchy, bland vegetable-like texture, you would definitely like this salad. However, I don’t see myself trying it again in the future.

The required ingredients for the Loaded Baked Potato Salad seemed more appetizing mixed with cucumbers in theory. The list included onion and chive cream cheese, diced jalapeno peppers, sour cream, diced red onions, shredded cheese, bacon bits and salt and pepper.

I chopped up my final cucumber for the day, added the list of ingredients and screwed on the top to the full container. Following my five whole minutes of shaking the container until my arms went numb, I decided the toppings were dispersed enough.

Biting into my loaded baked potato cucumber salad, the creamy, crunchy and salty mixture enticed me. 

But, the jalapeno overpowered the dish. I don’t usually mind spice, but the entire dish made my mouth feel like it was melting off from the heat. 

However, I would make this salad again without the jalapenos so I could enjoy the rest of the flavors in the salad more. This was my second favorite salad overall.

In the future, I’ll definitely be trying more of Logan’s recipes to see what fun creations I can make next.