In the summer my dad always kept a bowl of sliced onions and sliced garden cucumbers in a water and vinegar mix sittin in the fridge. I fixed a bowl a few weeks ago and my wife hadn't heard of this. I always thought is was kind of a normal thing to have around. My grandparents made it and since we also had it at home I guess that made it a global dish in my mind... good memories.

Anybody else do this? I remember he would add ice cubes if it was right from the garden to cool it quick and have it ready in time for the supper table. Cold and crunchy. It's been a nice treat the last week or two and just fixed up another batch.

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I put fresh tomatoes cut up in mine too.
I love garden vegtables in the summer.

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Mix in a little olive oil and salt & pepper. Always the starter course in my Italian Grandmothers table in the hot months.

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Onions.. Cukes..Vinagar.. a bit of salt.. and a spkinkle of dill,,... YUM!!

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we had green bell peppers available as well, so they were "in the mix"

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...my wife's and mine favorites.

We use white vinegar, and add just a little sugar to the mix. They sure taste good.

I've been eating those since I was old enough to remember. My grandmother got me started on them.

yep with all of the above, and then add some lettuce.

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We use to have them on occasion.

My wife makes a concoction with red onions, cucumbers, miracle whip, white vineagar, sugar, and a little bit of dill weed.

I have a hard time not eating the whole bowl full at a time. She doesn't like the stuff and makes it under protest. She only makes it once in a while and just cuz she woves me...

It does however, help me in those times when I want some solitude. She gives me a lot of space after I have consumed a bunch of them goodies.

Hold the onions!

Yep...cukes, onion and vinegar......and ice cubes too. Another is cukes, onions and sour cream.....just had some a little while ago with my dinner.

Used to go to church with a girl that wouild whip up a bowl of cucumbers, onions, and tomatoes and dump a bottle of Italian salad dressing in it for our fellowship meals after our monthly singings. Her husband said nobody would eat that mess but I love it.

Oh Yeah; I remember my mother fixing cukes & onions. Then when I married Eleanor she fixed them the ame way. Delicious.

My dad craved it all the time. Belive he put sour cream on his. My aunt makes a good version of it when I get home, but I never asked her recipi. My wife never had it untill we went home and aunt made some, my wife went wild over it.

My wife has been serving cucumbers that way for the last 40 years.
Sometimes, in lieu of a salad, we'll just slice cucumbers and tomatos and pour a light Italian dressing over them.

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Yep, a seasonal thing here too! I pick 5 gal buckets at a time....gotta love my fridge pickels. Love the gardens.

Heck yea!!!!!!!!!! Been doing it all my life. I like to add Creole Tomatoes to the mis as well. Anither good one is beets and onions in vinegar-pretty tasty

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Wow...good to know I'm not alone!

Please allow me to "officialize" the thread...




The peach was on the counter and adds a bit of color.

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I never realized this was popular, being of German decent we always had "gurkensalat".

Our way was, is, thin sliced cucumbers, thin as can be (we use that metal slicer thing that grates on the other side what do you call it?) Then just white vinegar, water, ground pepper and some salt onions are optional ( I like some). Let it marinate overnight

We were supposed to make some yesterday, but somehow we forgot....

And THAT's where my wife got the recipe..

"being of German decent we always had "gurkensalat"

From Grossmutter Ingeborg recipe"

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If you want to make that south pacific style just add Kikoman soy sauce to it. Gives it a little more flavor

Never heard of it -- but I want some!

(Hmm. How about throw in some jalapenos?)

My Grand mother and my Mom used to put sliced cucumbers in fresh cows cream in a little china bowl on the table in the summer for dinner. I know it sounds strange but it sure is good. I haven't talked to very many folks who have done them this way but there are quite a few around these parts that still do. Me for one.
Munch on,
Gordon

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cucumbers, onions, tomatoes all from the garden, seasoned with a pinch of sea salt and fresh pepper. One of life's little joys.

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We always had it as a kid. My mom probably got it from my dad's mother=German and a Quaker==a couple of generations from Pennsylvania.. Grandpa was Dutch. He and she had worked as cooks in a lumber camp,

My wife asked me to make some last night with our very first cucumber from our garden. I used red wine vinegar.

I also grow dill weed (well, it went wild two years ago) and I'll chop it up and soak it in the vinegar with a little garlic for a couple of weeks and then make the pickles.

Also, use white or yellow onion with a little chopped ginger and really thin sliced cukes. Add a little sugar.

Another variation is to use red onions.

Or, de-vein and de-seed jalapenos and pickle in the dill vinegar. Can also use carrots or ASPARAGUS! I have people wanting the asparagus recipe all the time.

It's about 5:20=gonna go make some to go with leftover tri-tip tonight!

Mmmm...Giardiniera in a muffuletta. Now I'm hungry again. Joe

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Hi you guys, this the worst comp. to type on, I hate my husbands laptop.
but by the way I am from Bavaria and everybody loves my "Gurkensalat" here we go
Cukes (europeans) paper thin sliced, add salt not too much and let stand for 20 min. take the water out, add a lots of Dill, pepper, a little bit of sugar, a little olive oil and red wine vinegar. add heavy cream at the end. taste and add to taste.
Voila there it is
guten appetit servus

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Been eatin' those onions & cukes for weeks down here in SE Tn. We start just as soon as the garden cukes come in.

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My wife is canning sweet pickles as I write this.

Got a bowl in the fridge ..... Been eating them since I was a youngun. One of summers simple pleasures.

Cukes and onions in vinegar sure hit the spot, they'll cool you off quick when you come in from a hot day (like out on the range).

Had some with my lunch this afternoon - And most afternoons since the cucumbers started coming in.
Been eating it every summer since I can remember.

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Over here in WV that was a summer time staple as well!
One of my favorites too

Love cukes and onions in vinegar with some sea salt. Plate them with some garden fresh tomato's and rye bread and butter on the side. Now that is a meal to kill for.

Yup, just had cukes & onions with supper tonight... Usually have it with sliced tomatoes on the side every night we eat at home I just love em Later, Dave

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Try cukes, onions, red wine vinegar and tomato with about a 1/2" thick slice of FRESH mozzarella on a saltine cracker. Got my mouth watering just thinking about it.

I've got to admit the suggestion of soy sauce sounds mighty tempting. Although teriyaki sauce sounds even better.

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My mother used to make that all the time when. I really enjoyed eating it.

The wife makes it with a mixture of purple onions and vedallia onions with cukes a little sugar and red wine vinegar. Sure is good, I think I may try the jalepeno idea too.

That concoction has been standard fare in our family as far back as I can remember. You mean there's folks that don't have them??...

My parents came from tennessee and we had the same thing in our frige as well...good times and good memories.

Memories from my past!! Didn't likr it as a kid but can't eat it now because the vinegar screws up my stomache!!!

RECIPES!!!

Dang it! Include your RECIPES!

I wanna try them all ! ! !

Went through the kitchen in the prison one day. The inmate cook was standing over a pot, that looked like a 55 gallon drum, of the stuff pouring a 50 pound bag of sugar in the mix. I told the Kitchen Supervisor I gained 10 pounds just walking by. He chuckled and said that's the way they want it, that's the way they get it.
As much as I like it I never did get up the courage to try theirs.

And a couple of slices of jalapeno. Yummy.

With these kinda recipes you guys should be skinny as a stick. What happened?

I just made a batch. Can't wait till tomorrow comes.

Yep. We have always done that..........great food!

Basic and delicious:

3 - 4 cukes, peeled and sliced
1/2 - 1 sweet onion, sliced thin
1/2 water, 1/2 white vinegar, enough to cover
Sprinkling of dill

Ready to eat in 2 hours, no refrigeration needed.

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Just ate some I made last night, GREAT. I put a few Jalapeno slices and a few dashes of hot sauce in too.

Growing up my grandmother made cucumbers and onions in sour creme, a healthy dose of fresh ground black pepper garnished the top. Great summertime dish, always served cold right from the fridge, there were never any leftovers.