WOW!!!! I made this salad this afternoon with a batch of my homegrown cucumbers. I was skeptical about the sugar, since I have always made a more salty/savory dressing before. But wanted to give this recipe a chance. After marinating for almost 2 hours I have to say YUMMY X1000!!!! Best ever!!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Hi, I love cucumbers and usually put them in my salad but haven’t made them alone like this. The vinegar marinated ones look delicious. I just printed out your recipe and I am definitely going to make them. Perfect side dish when the warm weather is here. See you soon, Dolores 🥰
My mother-in-law made this. But she had the cucumbers covered with the water/vinegar mixture. Not so much sugar either. She was diabetic. She made a a nice tangy salad.
The cucumber and onions need to be fully submerged and need to marinate overnight. Less sugar and add pepper. 50 year old Grandmas recipe never failed me. And I always get Compliments at a dinner party.🔪
And the way she's slicing it and stuff she's making it take forever just to get it prepared. But yes it has to be submerged that's why I always put it in a bowl and put a plate on top to swish it down. And refrigerate at a minimum overnight. And it does need pepper and you don't have to use as much sugar as you think you do. So I'm right there with you. I mean hers looks good but you know there's always ways to yummy it up even more
The pepper really adds to the taste. That's how grandma made it. In Wisconsin we grew a half acre of cucumbers every season to sell and we had this often. Loved eating them, hated picking them.
Make enough vinegar marinade to cover completely and allow to set overnight in the fridge. Make marinade twice as strong to compensate for all the liquid that comes out of the cucumbers. But it’s all according to personal taste. I just prefer to have that sweet apple vinegar taste all the way through! But that’s how I grew up eating them. I agree with apple cider opposed to white when they are made sweet.
Could you please specify how much of the other ingredients in the salad? How much vinegar, salt, cider, etc? Thank you! If I were to put too much vinegar in for example, I'm afraid nobody would want to eat it.
Milk? Immediately sounds horrible to me so I’m sure it must be great! Gonna try it this weekend. I grew up watching my grandfather eat milk, saltines and smoked oysters cut up in it. Used to turn my stomach! Now my grandkids watch me eating it with the same reaction!
It would be nice if you included the amounts of sugar, water, and vinegar. The online receipe says 1/2 cup each of water and sugar but says nothing about the vinegar.
What's pretty good also instead of making up vinegar recipe, just splash good seasons italian dressing, over it all all those spices and vinegar are great.
Losing all kinds of nutrients peeling that cucumber. I take some off sometimes just for aesthetics. Instead of trying to pick up all the onion, how bout picking up th board and scraping it into the bowl. Maybe use a bigger bowl just some observation from a non-chef.
Was this your first time using a big knife? Use a smaller knife if the big one scares you. Holy Sugar Batman! Yikes people are going to eat that thinking they're making a healthy choice and can't figure out why they're getting a sugar high?
Sugar is killing the population. Never have put it in my cucumbers in over 50 years. Just vinegar and a little Redmond's salt. Some people add water I do not. I use white vinegar usually.
