Cucumber Salad

3 to 4 cucumbers
1 tablespoon of sugar
1/4 cup of wine vinegar
salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
3 to 4 tomatoes
basil

Instructions:

Peel the cucumbers, and slice them very thin. Put them in a shallow bowl and sprinkle the sugar over them, then the vinegar. Let them stand for 1/2 hour or more. Season with salt and fresh ground black pepper. Cut the tomatoes into wedges, put them around the cucumbers and sprinkle a little basil over the tomatoes. Serve very cold.