Serves 4 to 6

A true Greek salad, you know, like you might get in Greece, usually called a “Village Salad,” there, is a standard part of almost any Greek meal.  It differs from its Greek inspired, American variation in that it usually contains no lettuce and often has a bit of lemon juice instead of vinegar. 

5 or 6 Roma tomatoes
About 2 cups of sliced cucumber, skin partially removed *
About 2 cups of Feta cheese, cut into ½ inch cubes
1 cup chopped sweet purple onion
About 20 Kalamata olives
Finely chopped fresh Geek oregano to taste

Sea salt and fresh, coarse ground black pepper to taste
About 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
Olive oil to taste
Thinly sliced sweet purple onion rings

Combine the first six ingredients in a bowl and toss gently.  Add salt, pepper and lemon juice and toss gently again.  Put on serving plate and drizzle on olive oil to taste.  Scatter a few thinly sliced sweet purple onion rings and serve with good crusty bread.

*  Use a vegetable peeler and remove the skin from the cucumber in vertical stripes before slicing.