How to Make a German Cucumber Salad | My Mom's (Ingrid) Recipe
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- My Mom ( Ingrid) was from Germany and she would make this salad for us growing up. Crunchy, creamy and satisfying this German Cucumber Salad is simple to make and takes only a few ingredients. --- Here is Ingrid's OTHER Cucumber Recipe she made for us with vinegar and dill --
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INGREDIENTS
2-3 cucumbers (depending on size), peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 onion, thinly sliced or chopped ( use 1/2 onion if large, whole onion if medium size)
2-3 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoon white sugar
Salt to taste
1/2 - 1 cup sour cream (depends on how much you like, start with 1/2 add more if you want)
2 tablespoons dill, chopped ( adjust depending on how much dill you like)
NOTE: As with all recipes, you need to "make this your own." Sometimes I want more creamy, sometimes more bitter, sometimes with lots more dill. This recipe is just a starting point. You need to make it several times, adjust the proportions and make it the way you like it.
METHOD
Peel cucumbers and then slice thinly.
Hint: use a mandolin slicer for consistent size.
Salt cucumbers to draw out moisture, place in colander let moisture drain, 15 min
Place sliced cucumber and onion in a bowl
Add vinegar and sugar
Add salt to taste, sour cream and dill.
Mix well
Enjoy!
My mother was German (Berlin) and she made this every summer with English cucumbers that my father grew and she would add a small quantity of lemon zest, the fragrance was pure summer. I still make it, I am 76. This also reminds me of all her wonderful recipes, including potato salad.
It's not summer unless we make this salad
My grandmother was an Austrian immigrant in 1921. She shredded the cucumbers and added sugar into the vinegar...no sour cream or yogurt...liquid was clear. It's delicious.
Will have to try it that way!!
Yep that’s how my mom made it and I’m getting ready to pick my first cucumber this season
My German grandmother also made it with sugar and vinegar.
I almost cried when I saw you pour out that cucumber juice... next time, add it to a shaker with some ice and vokda (vermouth optional) and quick stake, strain, and garnish with one of your cucumber slices... fabulous drink for the chef. :)
Great use for the cucumber juice. I love cucumber in my summer beverages!
I went no way did he just pour that out😢!! No no it’s so good!!
@@peggywinslow408 Yes I did but sometimes while filming need to move things along. And yes, it is so good. Take the cucumber water with some tonic, lime and a little gin and you have a great drink to go along with your salad!!😁
I hear you. It's the same when people discard the so called liquid from yogurt and such. It's whey protein that cost a fortune. Sigh
But it had salt in it! You can’t drink that.. too much sodium!
I mix the sour cream, vinegar, salt, dill and sugar in a separate bowl. That way you can get a consistent mix before adding it to the big bowl. I like to go with half the recommended sugar and twice as much vinegar. Family is from the Rhineland
nice tips!
I also wait until ready to serve before mixing sauce with the cukes.
@@sharonlalli1414 Interesting. I like mine to marinate for a while.
I'm going try that🖒
I would never have known.... super thx ... for y e a r s I have tried to figure this out ...!!!!💕
I love this salad on pumpernickel bread like a sandwich.
My mom made this while I was growing up (she is from Reichenburg, Germany) and she would soak the cucumbers in the vinegar for 20 minutes before adding the sour cream. We would eat this cold served over warm fried spaetzle. Try it, it's amazing.
Great recipe. Thank you....Just an FYI for anyone who uses lite sour cream, lite mayo or anything "lite" (light), it's not better for you and in most cases it's worse.
Callie TRUE. butter is all we ate... No margarine. We ate clean food. German butcher.
German bread. Lite terrible ingredients Callie. FROM SE MICHIGAN
I agree and recently was shopping for full milk yogurt and I had really look bc most of it was so called light!! I always buy the whole sour cream too can’t stand the light crap
Why?
Of course it would be it's artificial. Look what everyone said about butter/margarine. I'll take butter any day.
Most things bought at the store are poisoned. Having said that, not looking for better only reduced net carbs.
Homemade food from the hands of someone who loves you are the best. We were very fortunate in that most of our vegetables were grown by my dad and prepared by my mom. God bless them.
Fantastic to have that type of fresh produce. Great memories. Growing up we grew tomatoes, carrots, peppers, garlic. The basics. Nothing is better that homegrown :)
My mum is Ukrainian and was forced to go to Germany during world war 2 to work as a domestic on a farm in Gieselden. She learned to cook many German recipes and this was one of my favourites. I actually make it to accompany beef goulash with German potato pancakes.
My mom was forced to go to one of those farms with her sister also. The combo of those three dishes sounds fantastic!
Sounds wonderful !
Or SPAETZLE !
My G'pa bought me that slicer from Burpees back in 1973 when I was a newlywed! I still use it often....love my gadgets that have made it for 50 years now! I slice my onions on my slicer also...thanks for the recipe!
It's my favorite kitchen tool. Keeps going after all these years!!
3 Peeled, sliced Cucumbers
And Salt let sit 20 min.
Pour out & drink the juice.
Thinly sliced onion
More salt, 1 cp sour cream or yogurt. 3 TB Vinegar, 2 TB sugar, 3-4 fresh only Dill. Season to taste.
I’m 73 yrs old and I’ve been eating this all my life. My maternal and paternal families are from Germany. All the dishes I grew up on were German. Love this food.
Wonderful
I too make this frequently. Dad and mom from Germany. Mom likes it this way and without sourcream and dill. Great both ways!
Kathy Braun, I'm also from manheim germany, I also beg my cucumber salad like that like my grandmother used to make, I still have my grandmother's cookbook from nineteen thirty six, Got all the good recipes in there, I'd like to make the potato balls in googles. Have a wonderful day
We were stationed in Germany 40 years ago and a German friend taught me how to make this fabulous salad. I made it for years and forgot about it after some time. I love it and thanks for reminding me about it! I'll start making it again
Always love to hear stories like this. Enjoy!!
More cucumbers from the garden than I can handle has me thinking about the cross country trip when I stopped for lunch in a little north Iowa small town cafe. The place was packed! I got the last counter stool by the door and ordered a sandwich or something. The gal says- “you want the cucumber salad don’t you?” Not being familiar, I was hesitant, but she insisted I wanted the cucumber salad, so I said OK. That salad, when it was seasonally offered in that cafe, was apparently the reason folks drove from miles around and lined up to get in. One of the few things I’ve eaten in life that stand out as memorably good!
Great story for a great 😃
Mezzeta pickled red onions taste great in cucumber salad.
I'll eat pickled red onions all day long!
My mother-in-law made THE BEST cucumber salad! One can evaporated milk, about 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, about 3 tablespoons sugar, salt and a thinly sliced onion
How many cucumbers to the evaporated milk?
My family makes it the same but with mayo, and then we usually let it marinade for a couple hours.
My grandma was from Kaiserslaughtern!
Yes. The longer it marinates, the better it seems to get!
A million, “Thank Yous”, for the flood of sweet memories of my Mom’s very same delicious cucumber salad that accompanied many dinners when I was a kid! We are of German-French ancestry, (although you’d have to go back 2-3 generations to meet those who actually lived in Europe), & I’ve made & enjoyed sharing this salad with countless family & friends. This salad ranks right up at the top of favorites but has to share the Number 1 spot with what she called, “Dutch Lettuce”…iceberg lettuce with lots of crispy bacon & covered with the slightly warm ‘dressing’, (which was chopped onion sautéed in some of the bacon drippings, vinegar, sugar & cracked pepper to taste & enough water to tame the potency of the vinegar). It’s known as “wilted lettuce” by some, but I still love to sneak the bowl to the kitchen & drink some of the sweet & sour, balcony flavored “ dressing”that’s left after everyone’s gobbled up the lettuce. Yum yum! Thanks for the happy memories of my Mum’s delicious cooking!! ❤️👍👍😋🇺🇸❤️
You are so welcome. It's a timeless recipe. Dutch lettuce sounds great, will have to try that!😊
This sounds like a salad my Lithuanian grandmother used to make, and I LOVED it. I plan to make this recipe as soon as I can assemble all the ingredients.
Sounds great!
My mom was Polish, We would eat this and sometimes she would slice up lettuce and add with the cukes before salting then squeeze out the water and dress. The other cucumber salad she made was just cukes dressed with salt pepper oil and redwine vinegar. All my grandkids even the toddlers love this salad
I'm.Polish and just a little onion, salt and PEPPER nwith the sour cream...yum ..I make it and eat it all!!❤
I’m half Sicilian and a quarter German and Polish. Thankfully I come great cooks from both sides of my family. I grew up eating this and still make it for my family. My husband loves this salad as well my step daughter. It just tastes like summer to me. I actually made this the other night with som grilled Italian sausage.
Summer dish for me as well. Not summer unless I have this, tomatoes, and basil. This dish goes so well with so many things.
This was and is a summer staple in our family and my German Austro-Hungarian grandmother passed it down to all of us. Since she never measured anything, nor did my Mom, nor do I 😅, it's great to know the measurements to use for my family recipe collection. 😊 When I'm cooking, I feel my Grandmother and Mom "speak" to me... "Not too much" "a little more of that". Thx for sharing your Mom and her recipe with us. You have a new subscriber! XXOO ❤
Yay! Yes, had to sit my mom down when she was still with us and ask about the recipes. It was a pinch of this...a handful of that.
gotta share a Texan cucumber salad that we always had when we made BBQ.... Just slice and peeled cucumbers into a bowl, top with chopped onions, add salt, and be generous with black pepper. Pour white vinegar to barely cover them. Refridgerate and then enjoy! I hope you try it.
Sounds like that would go really well with BBQ!
We always did this in Missouri with red wine vinegar. So tasty and refreshing.
Gotta add Tomatoes to that !
@@dolliemaesone Tomatoes - Yes! To this dish - NO! Gotta keep it pure :) BUT I would take the "juice" that is left over and add it to some cut up, juicy tomatoes. Would be good!
Some of the best kitchen tools I have are antiques from my grandmother and great grandmother who are both Norwegian. Incredible stuff that lasts forever and works super well. Great video !
My mother was German and my father American. We lived in Germany from 72 to 96. I used to buy my gurkensalat at HL. Delicious. My mom did make tomato and cucumber salad but she bought seleriesalat and karrotensalat at HL or Aldi.😅
Funny, my mom used to shop at Aldi in our hometown also. Tomatoes and Cucumbers....and in basil and that is always my summer!
Brings back. Memories of this. Salad. With. A. Veal cutlet, breaded, mashed potato for Sunday dinner!
Yum. You are making me hungry!~🍽
My grandma was German and she made the best cucumber salad ever the key was thin sliced cucumbers.
Yes! Need to have thin sliced cucumbers.
My grandmother was from Germany also. She would squeeze the water out of the cucs after setting in salted water all day, then add crushed garlic and sour cream and top off with paprika..
Big fan of paprika :)
My wonderful German Mother from Kassel Germany taught me how to make delicious Cucumber Salad when I was a child. We do not add onion, however, I think this is a nice addition and will make it this way next time. I enjoy it with a good steak and a baked potatoe. Thank you! 🥰
Especially if you like onion and get a sweeter one.
I don't use onion either.
😊😊😊
My German mom made the same recipe without the sour cream, she used white wine vinegar, dill, salt and WHITE pepper and sugar!~ Sooo good with potatoes, a combination made in heaven. I miss my mother and her cooking.
Yeah no Mayo or dairy!!!. Great salad for summer! We weren’t big on Mayo or sour cream in my family. I like using Greek yogurt a lot nowadays, but not for cukes! Same with coleslaw! No Mayo!
So did mine. This is the recipe I still use.
And this salad has really almost no calories and tastes sooo good.
I remember making a cucumber salad at my future in laws that required a layer of cucumber, then salt, then cucumber, then salt, etc. It sat for a good amount of time before you rinsed it off and made the salad. While it was sitting my now husband came into the kitchen, said something like 'sneak attack, and grabbed a slice as his mom and I both yelled a warning. Of course that didn't stop him which gave him a mouthful of salt and us a story to tell everyone at that dinner and many to come.
He will have no cucumber before it's time! Hope he learned his lesson and learned to wait!
My great grandmother was Bavarian, lived to 103, and shared with me many secrets. One of them was a relish she would make when the dill was in its prime. Garlic, green onion, and dill leaf (and finely chopped stem) were added to a salt and white wine vinegar brine, and put up for winter. She would adjust the recipe to accomodate volumes, and would also occasionally add finely chopped fresh mint. Sooo good!
Thanks for sharing!
My mom used to make this but after slicing and salting the cucumber she would put them in a bowl place a small plate on top and stand something heavy on the plate and let it sit for an hr or so to draw out the water. It’s my fav salad also
YES!!!
My grandmother prepared it the same way!
My German grandmother made this salad but prepped the cucumbers and onions a bit differently than yours but somewhat the same principles.
Cucumbers and onions sliced thin and then layered in a large bowl. One layer of cucumbers and onions then salt and continue until bowl is filled, salting each layer. Place a plate on top and add a weight (e.g. large can of tomatoes) then allow to sit for as long as possible. Pour out the water then rinse under cold water and - here is the crucial part - squeeze the cumbers and onions by hand. They will be translucent and then continue to finish as in your video.
Just a slight variation.
She really liked to get the water out :) Thanks for sharing!
That’s how we make ours but use heavy cream instead of sour cream and no sugar or dill. Yum 😋
I was taught doing it the same way with the cukes and onions,usually starting the soaking in the morning to be ready for a later meal, and draining but not rinsing. Just letting them drain well and continue with the dressing. SO Good!!
We grew up eating this. A taste of summer right out of grandma’s garden!!!
Everything is better right out of the garden!!
Hi everyone, I’m from Eckington, near Sheffield, UK and I’m highly delighted to see you making this wonderful cucumber salad. Lovely memories of summer with my family. Thanks for reminding me - I’ve only made it twice this year! My father used to make it every summer and we loved it and I still do. Out of our family of 5, mum dad and three sisters I’m the only survivor and I’m 72. I’ve never had the recipe so had to guess. However dad didn’t include dill or sour cream. It’s the first I’ve heard of it and I will certainly try it as soon as I have fed our gorgeous furry friend her breakfast ( Today is Monday 4/9/2023). I peel and finely slice a large onion and peel and finely slice the whole cucumber. Then put everything into a container adding a good few teaspoons of sugar and the same of salt, sometimes less salt. I pour 3/4 pint of white vinegar ish with about just over half a cup of water and mix well. But keep tasting until it’s just right - 😅. I’m certainly going to try ACV with the mother today, can’t wait to make it. Oh also may try the honey tip. All great ingredients imo! I’ve really enjoyed reading the comments here, thanks everyone for sharing. I’ve subbed, liked and shared and will be looking forward to more of your recipes in the future thank you. All the best, enjoy!🇬🇧❤️🦋🌈🐾 xxx
My grandmother was also German and she would make this recipe and put it over boiled potatoes. Yum!
Nice combination!!
That's how my Mom (also Ingrid) used to make potato salad. Add chopped, fried bacon for extra yummyness.
My mom was born in Romania and migrated to Germany. Her recipe is the same except she used crushed garlic and ACV, and black pepper to taste and no dill or onion. I let the salted cucumbers sit in a colander overnight. It is a favorite for sure.
It's the best
A cousin to this salad: cukes with onion and tomatoes, all thinly sliced, floating in a bath of diluted vinegar. Great salad, often combined with steamed sweet corn--on the cob, of course--for an easy summertime dinner.
All awesome summer foods!
My German Mom also made tomato salad like you. Memories. DANKE
Thank you. Finally someone who doesn't put large quantities of granulated sugar in their food. I can't wait to try this!
Hope you enjoy
My family background is German. I make this salad and Geman Potatoe salad as well as many other German dishes.
Best stuff!!
I'm Hungarian and also make a similar salad. I agree, nothing better! Sometimes omit the sour cream which is also good.
Yes it is!! Here it the other cucumber salad that my mom would make, similar ingredients, no sour cream ruclips.net/video/7X32l8ulark/видео.html
Looks like a keeper. I mix the vinegar with the sour cream before adding it to the salad. About thick as paint. Also black pepper goes so good with cucumber it couldn't hurt. Half a cup of Dukes mayonnaise plus half a cup of sour cream plus 1/4 cup of Braggs apple cider vinegar is a great coleslaw dressing. Adjust by adding 1Tablespoon more vinegar at a time.) Then two heaping teaspoons of honey, two heaping teaspoons of dark brown sugar and three heaping teaspoons of McCormick hot Madras curry powder. Then 3/4 teaspoon each of sea salt and black pepper. Quarter a large green cabbage and crosscut into 1/2" or thinner ribbons. Toss cabbage with cashews, golden raisins (or dried pineapple chunks cut into smaller pieces) and coconut ribbons. All for curried Coleslaw. I got off track pretty bad. Sorry.
No need to apologize, always like to hear about new recipes or variations on things. Thanks for the info. Will try that for coleslaw! Yum!
I always cut the ends off of my cucumbers before I peel them, helps with the bitterness of the cuke and I always feel all of the green because like you said, the greens can be bitter. Cutting off the tips of the cucumber's is my grandma trick and she was German.
Great tip!
When I worked at a German restaurant this was one of my favorite dishes on the menu.
it's so good! :)
Love this! Unfortunately it would never fly with my "beans and rice" Texas in-laws. Every single one says they are "allergic" to cucumbers?? So it's all for me if I make this salad. Which I do and I eat it gladly!!! Yumm and thanks for giving me more ideas to make cold food in these HOT HOT HOT summer South Texas days.
Make it for yourself, enjoy it and maybe one of them will come around and try it. If they give you a hard time ...more for you :)
Hot as Blazes in Abilene, Tx. My mom was from Berlin and made this all the time.
Who's allergic to cucumber?
@@nellpulaski4919 You would be surprised what people are allergic to nowadays
Just made this tonight. It's absolutely delicious. Best cucumber salad I've ever tasted. Will always make it this way from now on.
Awesome. Ingrid would be so happy! Glad you like and and put it on your rotation!
Thank you. My Ukranian mom made this as a child. I still like it. We used only oil and vinegar and sugar.
The other version of this salad is with only oil, vinegar, sugar and dill
I grew up eating this. We don't put the sugar in it n it, but add a a little oil. Got the recipe from my Slovakian grandparents.
If you like onion, you should like it.
I am Polish & this is very popular in Poland we call it “mizeria”. Never tried with onion though. I will try today.
My Mom would slice the cucumbers and onions and put them in a bowl together add 1 tray of ice cubes on top and sprinkle 1/4 cup salt over them and then a little cold water also to get the ice and salt working. Leave it sit about 30 minutes. Pick out the ice. Dump the whole thing in a colander and rinse well. They don't come out salty. The dressing is the same as you are doing but she added some black pepper also. The onions are slightly pickled and the cucumbers are REALLY crunchy. Wonderful and refreshing on a hot summer day !
My mom made a version of this using a vinegar base instead of sour cream, probably because my dad didn't eat sour cream. She was from Nurnberg, and she named me Ingrid! I still make her version of this salad .
Great name!! :) My mom made another version like the one you describe. Here is the link to the video ruclips.net/video/7X32l8ulark/видео.htmlsi=_22YSzUQZEeiDfS5 Thanks for watching!!
My name s Ingrid, and this is my favourite salad of all time.
That's Awesome!! 👍
I was raised with Hungarian recipes, and I make these almost the same, but do not add sugar or vinegar. I don’t measure, just throw in sour cream and chopped dill, and fresh black pepper. Everyone loves my cucumbers. Glad you are sharing these great old time recipes.
How can you not love cucumbers!!!??? Glad you enjoy this.
Me too. My mom was Hungarian and Czech
Exactly how my Nana used to make it! I have cucumbers right now, think I’ll head into the kitchen…..
yay!!
My mother in law always made this and I thought it was something from the south, but my father in law was German so I guess she learned from his mother. My kids are always happy when I make this especially in the summer with some fresh corn on the cob. 😊
The South???
Great summer food!
I’m so happy. My Oma always made this and I have never been able to replicate it.
Yay!
My Czech Mom made this. Love it. ❤
Hello 👋 I'm so glad your channel was recommended to me as I was searching for a good cucumber sald . I'm definitely making these. My dad is German and Polish he will absolutely love this. Thank you to your mom and your great video.
I'm definitely trying this as it reminds me of a favorite treat of mine: many layers of thinly sliced cucumbers, chopped dill, salt, and black PEPPER between two slices of 100% whole grain sourdough rye bread with a generous amount of homemade mayonnaise. It is not unlike raita which I also like but the dill would be a nice variation. Guess what, my version will have black pepper. :-)
Sounds like a great sandwhich!
My mom made this salad when I was growing up in NJ.
I had just made some for lunch about a month ago.
I never knew it was European.
So refreshing on this hot & muggy summer days & nights.
I put sour cream & mayonnaise & milk with vinegar & spring onions instead of dill & no sugar. Was great. So easy!!! Ty for posting. Ty 😁.
Yep that's how my German Grandma made it, and now I make it often. Goes good with ham sandwiches. This stuff is addicting so we eat it with many different meals.
Addicting is the right word! Always love a good ham sandwich. Enjoy!
Here’s ANOTHER comment: I’ve been yearning for GermanSalad for forty years. ThankYou
Hope this satisfies your craving!!!
My grandmother used to make this but with red onions. Potato dumplings and pickled red cabbage.
All great stuff!
My Mother(RIP) immigrated to here(US) after WW2. Suffered much during that time. She's from Lahr, Germany. Anyhow, if she knew this recipe she never made it. She made German potato salad,, and wurst salad.
German Potato Salad and Wurst Salad are great side dishes too!
My mum was German and I loved her cucumber salad growing up. I try to make it but it never tastes the same. I'm counting on you. Think me crazy but mother made her salad with condensed milk, she was never one for yoghurt or sour cream for some reason but the combination with white vinegar (essig) and a little sugar worked for me. She also finely chopped the onions and didn't use dill or other herbs.
Sometimes I'll chop the onions if someone I know doesn't like them so much, so they don't have to pick around them. I know they are at the bottom of the bowl and are waiting there for me :) Hope is turns out like your mums.
❤ so love these Euro people and so love their recipes.... ❤ (J). Thank you.
Classic recipes, simple ingredients, great food.
Thank you too x
@@KitchenDadsCooking (J) my pleasure and thank you.
I enjoy your clear & direct instructions
Thank you!
My mom was Ingrid too. A chef in an Austrian Restaurant. Sounds like the same (or similar) recipe. How about Ingrid's potato salad? The challenge is set!
Cool! She didn't make "German" potato salad too often, as kids we liked the American version. Let me see if I can find her recipe for the German version and will get back to you.
Your cucumber salad is the way I make it. My Dad’s heritage is German. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome!
This was very tasty. I remember eating this as a kid. Didn’t know it was German style. We did eat a lot of German and Polish type food, so the salad makes sense. Mine was foamy after I mixed it up. The taste was still great and the foamy-ness added a very light texture.
I get the foam once in a while also. You are right, doesn't change the taste at all. Glad you liked it!!
It tastes ok without sour cream or yogurt if you can not have dairy like me. I soak thinly sliced red onion in cold water , use no salt but soak the thinly sliced cucumbers in ice water vinegar and a touch of sugar. Then when ready to serve added drained thinly sliced red onions and dill serve in small dishes. It is very crunchy fresh and almost calorie free. My Mother-in-law made it this way for me because my husband preferred this way t and too. My own Grandmother from Alsace and Lorraine made it with sour cream but I could not eat it , since I can not digest dairy unless it is baked in something. ❤
@@heatherloffelmann3547 The other version of this my mom made was with onion, vinegar, oil and dill for people that didn't like dairy. It's great either way.
I definitely mix the sauce in a separate bowl, mix thoroughly, and pour over the veggies.
Seen it done that way. As long as it ends up on my fork in the end :)
Delicious and God bless your mom and your family always ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much
Thanks for the recipe. I'm growing cucumbers in my garden and will soon have a ton of them.
Great way to use them up!
I am 67 and my Mom had the same slicer! She used it all the time because my Dad liked scalloped potatoes!
I love my Feemster!!
I just jhad to write and say that this recipe and the ingredients are delicious! A great find. Thank you so much for Ingrid's Cucumber Salad recipe... it is Yum!
Glad you liked it and thanks for letting me know. Ingrid would be so happy to know people are enjoying it!
My german mother would soak the cucumbers in salt water and place them in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours, to remove any 'bitterness''. Drain the water off and proceed with your favorite recipe.
wow. she was serious about getting that water out!!
My maternal grandparents came to the USA from a small village in Northeastern Hungary 🇭🇺 in 1912 with their firstborn daughter, not my mom. My mom learned to make a similar cucumber 🥒 salad from her mother and, later, taught me to make it. The biggest difference is the omission of onion, dill, and sugar. We add Hungarian mild paprika and black pepper. My mother and I always use Knudsen Hampshire sour cream because it most closely resembles the sour cream my grandparents made. I am going to try it with onion and fresh dill the next time. I will still put in paprika and black pepper. Thanks for the video. I enjoyed watching it very much.
Thanks for watching and letting me know about your salad. Seems a common variation is black pepper and paprika. Will have to try that.
Icy cold is a must--very refreshing!
Keeps me cooler when it's hot out
So much for sharing another great salad with us
You are so welcome! Hope you enjoy!
My mother in law from Hamburg Germany her cucumber salad was totally different. Salt on sliced cucumber put in bowl put something heavy on top and last sit for an hour to get all the liquid out. Then she put sugar and a squeeze of a lemon. Mixed it up and we all went nuts. I am from the USA so it was something different till this day 54 years later I still make it for my kids and grand kids.
Wonderful the recipe keeps going!
Thanks for your recepice dear friend... greetings from Roermond in the Netherlands 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
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I am saving that video, in my “ sleep aid” folder😂 Woks better then “ sound of rain”, “ camp fire ” or “ relaxing train”!
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My mother-in-law use to make this salad. It is very refreshing to eat on a hot summer day along with a piece of BBQ chicken!
So refreshing...helps on those hot, hot days.
My mom would make it for Sunday dinner, with pork roast.
They would complement each other so well!
I can’t wait to make this
Hope you enjoy!
8/12/23, That’s a great recipe. I’m looking forward to more. Thank you.
Thanks! Take a look around the channel. Lots of yum to find!!
I grew up in Germany so I'm very familiar with this salad , I guess it depends what region you are from we did not use sugar just salt and white pepper and I guess quark which is sorta like sour cream, which I use now that I'm here in the US . We never extracted the water from the cucumber, yes it get watery but we loved to drink the juice from the bowl . Thank you for your sharing .
Interesting!
A very big Thank You!
Thank you for the recipe! The Feemster slicer is my favorite tool, too!
Love it!!
My mom was German to she made a cucumber and onion salad with oil vinegar and sugar the longer it set the better it taste we really enjoyed it I still make it today
Yes. mom made another cucumber salad like that, so good!
I'll be trying this recipe, it sounds delicious. The only thing I will change is the vinegar. I would prefer to use the brine from my pickles, I think it would taste good. Thanks for sharing.
I'm always about experimenting! Did that before when I didn't have fresh dill. Not quite the same but still good. Let me know how it goes!
I'm from a Polish family and Grandma made this all the time! Love it! 😋
That's awesome!
Just made some last week. It is as so good, I'm making it again today.
You're hooked like the rest of us! So happy to hear!
I have tried to make this salad in the past. No 1 showed to add salt get water out of cucumbers. I also used Greek yogurt bad after taste. I can't wait to try this Delicious salad it seems to be the right 1 this time 🤗
Hope it works for you!
I don't remember mom making it with dill, but I remember her adding paprika on top at the end.
Heard of this variation before.
Many thanks to you and your Mom for this fabulous German cucumber 🥒 salad recipe 😊. I had it many years ago and loved it. Now thanks to your video I'm going to make it very soon. Thank you for sharing! 🤗
It's time for you to make it again!! :)
Thanks, Ingrid's son. She'd be proud.
Thank you! :)
Just like my Nana's, who passed it to my mother, who passed it to me, who passed it to my children, who have passed it to my nine Grandchildren.
Yes. This is type of thing that last generations
I’m picking my first cucumber right now! And going to make cucumber onion vinegar water and sugar
Yay!