How to Make a German Cucumber Salad | My Mom's (Ingrid) Recipe
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2021
- 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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Recipe:
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! - Навчання та стиль
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’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
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.
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 :)
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.
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 !
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
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 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 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 grandmother was also German and she would make this recipe and put it over boiled potatoes. Yum!
Nice combination!!
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!
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 name s Ingrid, and this is my favourite salad of all time.
That's Awesome!! 👍
We grew up eating this. A taste of summer right out of grandma’s garden!!!
Everything is better right out of the garden!!
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
I am Polish & this is very popular in Poland we call it “mizeria”. Never tried with onion though. I will try today.
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 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 😁.
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!
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 ua-cam.com/video/7X32l8ulark/v-deo.html
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 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 😋
Thanks, Ingrid's son. She'd be proud.
Thank you! :)
When I worked at a German restaurant this was one of my favorite dishes on the menu.
it's so good! :)
Oma and opa where from Germany I enjoyed cucumber salad from Collingwood Ontario Canada
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!
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!
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 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 husband loves cucumber salad.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
Your cucumber salad is the way I make it. My Dad’s heritage is German. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome!
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 😃
my mom German also. We always ate it over Mashed potatoes. She also made this same version with an iceberg lettuce-over mashed potatoes. Comfort food for me.
Good food, good memories
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.
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 :)
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
Exactly how my Nana used to make it! I have cucumbers right now, think I’ll head into the kitchen…..
yay!!
I am saving that video, in my “ sleep aid” folder😂 Woks better then “ sound of rain”, “ camp fire ” or “ relaxing train”!
😴
I love this salad on pumpernickel bread like a sandwich.
My grandmother used to make this but with red onions. Potato dumplings and pickled red cabbage.
All great stuff!
I am half German & never had the opportunity to be around the culinary influence. Thank you❤
It is a great dish to have in your arsenal.
My mom would add paprika to hers, otherwise, this is true to my mom's recipe. Thanks for posting!
My pleasure 😊
My sister-in-law used to make a cucumber salad every summer, I loved it and I never got her recipe. 😢 this very much reminds me of it.
Hopefully it's close!
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!!
If you have fresh garden tomatoes (not from grocery store) try adding, great with sungold
I’m from Hawai’i, but my mom lived in Alabama for a couple of years before I was born because her dad got a job as a truck driver in the states. Anyways, she got a job at a diner and they served a variation of this salad that replaces the sour cream with mayonnaise (my mom said in the south they love their mayonnaise almost as much as we do in Hawai’i 🤭). My mom has passed on, but I still make this salad pretty regularly… I figured it was a southern dish since she discovered it in Alabama, but now I know the owners of the diner she worked at were probably of German ancestry. It’s interesting to know, because I’ve never seen anyone else in Hawai’i eat this salad, but when I serve it people love it.
Awesome story. It's amazing how far this recipe travels around the world!
While attending the Culinary Institute of America I worked a Christmas break at a German restaurant in the Catskills (Chalet Fondue owned by Utah Seiges & her husband) spelling may be wrong. Anyway they did about 90% of their business in the 2 weeks around Christmas & new years. In addition to surf & turf fondue they made every kind of schnitzel & there was a relish tray served while customers waited to order. The cucumber salad we made was prepped in the same way but no yogurt or onion. Once drained it was mixed with canola oil & white vinegar (1to 10 ratio) plus dill pepper & ground ginger. We also made a grated carrot & grape dish & a shredded cabbage over which boiled pickled brine was poured. Karlo Busonic was my head chef & was a very funny nice guy. Utah housed & fed us during those very busy 2 weeks. I still make the cucumber salad which is fresh & crunchy & goes with anything.
Great memory. The other version of this salad that my mom made was cucumber, oil, vinegar, dill. Similar to what you mention. Agree that the cucumber salad is so versatile and a great accompaniment to so many dishes.
We make this in Pennsylvania Dutch country! One of my favs!
Mine too!
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 🤗
Different areas of Germany must make cumber salad differently, We just use thin sliced cucumbers strained, vinegar, salt and pepper, adding a little bit of water, I have had the Greek version too with plain Greek yogurt, a little bit of lemon, and mint. I love cumber salad!! I love homeade pickled beets too...My mom is from Germany, my Aunty owed her own restraunt, I have some faund memories.
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!
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 grew up in Ridgewood,Queens and it was a German neighborhood growing up and we had great delicatessen with homemade salads and early Boars Head products especially olive loaf and + great salads and the pickles yum
yummmm
❤ 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!
Good video,great. Salad,sister brings to Our FAMILY REUNION.
I bring it to ours!
Awesome. To my Germanic brother, my Austrian mum made the same salad. Only difference, you’re American, I’m Australian.
Cool 👍 Same great salad!!!
I’m gona try this w red onions, cuz they look so colorful.
Yep, I can vouch for this recipe. I‘m German, I live in Germany and that’s exactly how I make my „Gurkensalat“.
That's great!
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!!
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 was just thinking I need a different cucumber salad. I will be making this one tomorrow 😊
Ask and you shall receive. Enjoy! 😊
Thanks for your recepice dear friend... greetings from Roermond in the Netherlands 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
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You never pour out the liquid! You drink it instead. Always peel the cuke from the side of the flower towards the stem. Always cut a small piece from either end to taste for bitterness. Guten Appetit from a German
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 from a Polish family and Grandma made this all the time! Love it! 😋
That's awesome!
Please continue sharing your Mom’s recipe’s.
Will dig up some more and plan to film some.
I’m so happy. My Oma always made this and I have never been able to replicate it.
Yay!
My mom also made this without the dill. It is very good.
My Czech Mom made this. Love it. ❤
My mom would make it for Sunday dinner, with pork roast.
They would complement each other so well!
I learned from my mom to rub the cut ends of the standard cucumber to the ends of the stabdardv cucumber It prevent the cucumber to become bitter
I grew up on this dish! My German mom brought this dish to every event/holiday get-together b/c ppl so luved it. I don't remember her soaking the cukes in salt,; she used equal amts of vinegar and sugar to start. Ty
I get the request also to bring it to each event.
Tell mom thank you! I can't wait to try this salad. It looks really delicious. Liked and subscribed!
Mom's been gone a while now. Bet she is happy that years later people are still discovering her recipe. Enjoy!!
@@KitchenDadsCooking, 💕🙏🏼☺️💕
@@KitchenDadsCooking my mom is gone too 😔 Hannelore was a great cook! She'd make this salad also...and plum coffee cake tis the season for that coming up soon 🙂
@@gabeee4332 ah... the plum coffee cake. Looking forward to that. Haven't made it in a while. Think it might time! Thanks for reminding me of it!
@@KitchenDadsCooking sooo good isn't it? with fresh whipped cream no wonder I can't lose weight lol I miss going to my parents German friends homes for cake and coffee.
My grandma made this for my German grandpa all during the summer each year. They lived in a different state so when I got to visit for a couple weeks each year this was the one dish I was seriously thrilled about. I can remember when I was about 9 years old and I wanted my 3rd helping and she said no, that I had to save some for everyone else. 😂 Lesson learned. It’s just an indication of how much I loved this. Over the years I’ve tried replicating it from memory and it was never quite right. Thank you, I’ll try your (mom’s) recipe for sure!
Awesome! Hope it comes close to what you remember.
Try some little bit of creme fraiche, instead of sour cream. Gives a slight sweetness, and creamer finish.
Lovely flavorful recipe. ❤
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
In Germany your mom would for sure have used 'English' cucumbers, because it isn't truly English, it is the universal cucumber variety available in Europe. But this is a classic and delicious recipe, so thank you for sharing!
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!!
Yep my grandma always made this one too 👍. Mmm mmm 😋 good
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find out exactly how she made it. But this was it 😋👍
Thank you
Yay!
Nothing better than that Feemster slicer. I have my mother's old one and a newer one. The old one works best😊
I feel the older ones work best also.
Newer one is made in China. Apparently the beveled edge of the blade was or still is incorrectly welded to frame with bevel side up. Compare old & new.
Thanks darlin and may God Bless your mom
In Austria, we followed this recipe and added a dash of ground caraway. We mixed the dressing in the salad bowl, added our veg on top, and then tossed. I'm headed to the sore to add this to my dinner menu! for tonight!
Thanks for sharing!
Best cucumber salad ever❤❤
It is!!
My Hungarian grandma made this same salad , and I'd forgotten how much I loved it , thanks for the recipe and reminder.
My pleasure 😊
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!
My german Dad made this also.. Instead of dill, which was probably unavailable, he added lots of black pepper. Good eats!
I have heard that about black pepper. Think you are right that when dill wasn't available, black pepper would be used.
My German Granny made it that way, minus all that sugar. I imitated it when I was young. When I got older I realized that I threw all the vitamins out with the water and kept it in.
Yes, it tastes better draining the water, but it also takes the crunch and good stuff away.
Never had any lack of crunch with salting them for a little while. All depends on how much crunch you like! :)
A very big Thank You!
Grew up eating this salad , but without the sour cream . So good !
Very good!
Ahhhh THATS what I was missing.! Onions and dill! My German mom isn’t here to ask, anymore and I didn’t like this as a child, so I was trying to recreate it from what I remembered (for my Dad). I got the rest right but I knew it was missing something! Thanks!
So glad! Hope brings back good memories for your dad (and you!)
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!! :)