Gurkensalat (German cucumber salad)

[Ohiogal]

2 cucumbers, sliced thin
1/2 white onion, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill

Spread cucumbers and onions on a platter, season with salt. Let rest for 30 minutes. Blot excess moisture from cucumbers.

Stir together sour cream, sugar, vinegar, and dill.

Fold cucumber and onion slices into sour cream mixture.

Serve immediately or chill for up to 8 hours. Makes approx. 6 servings.

******** I saw this on Pinterest last night: if you have too many cucumbers from your garden (like I do), you can keep them good for 1 week if you wrap each cucumber in a paper towel and then store the wrapped up cucumbers in a zip top bag in your refrigerator. I haven't tried this yet but I wrapped up 12 cukes from the garden this afternoon, so I hope it works!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. This is really good, except you can't use onions.

Onions make everything terrible. Without them, cucumber salad is delicious.

[sheshe2]

3. Nope. You need the onions.

This is a great dish.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Onions are horrible. I can't eat them, ever.

They taste like garbage soaked in battery acid.

[sheshe2]

5. Ha.

Okay, but some of us love them.

[Ohiogal]

10. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes, for sure

But I think the onions add so much to this dish! It wouldn’t be as good if you left them out!

Sorry, Ocelot! sheshe2 and I will have it as is!

[GentryDixon]

18. I agree. Onions it is.

[randr]

9. It is sad you have never eaten a sweet onion

They are also a very important food for digestive health.
How about onion rings?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. I can tolerate very well-cooked sweet onions if they are in something else

and there aren't too many of them, but raw onions are totally gross.

[sheshe2]

2. I have eaten this since I was a kid.

One of my favorites. German Ancestry here.

You will love it. So refreshing in the August heat.

[OregonBlue]

6. My family is Czech and we make it too but we coat

the cucumbers with salt and then press with a full tea kettle or something heavy on top of a plate for a few hours. We then rinse them and put them in the dressing, (which uses apple cider vinegar and garlic as well as the other ingredients), and chill for an hour or so. They super absorb the flavors from the dressing and onions. Delicious.

[sheshe2]

7. That sounds good too.

[Ohiogal]

12. I'll have to try the cider vinegar some time.

Sounds interesting.

[Ohiogal]

13. German/Polish here

[randr]

8. My grandmother made this for me many times

It is still one of my favorite comfort foods.

[trof]

14. Wonder if you could use yogurt instead?

Worth a try.

[Wellstone ruled]

15. Summer time sum sum summer time.

Oh yes,household staple yet today. That and Pickled Red Cabbage hot or cold. Oh yes,make my day.

[applegrove]

16. My mom used to make it. I'm descended from Germans on both sides.

[japple]

17. I make this all the time every summer. Onions are essential or at least chives or scallions.

It also needs (IMHO) a good sprinkle of carraway. Since my dill plants usually burn up before the cucumbers get started good, I have been using carraway and like it better.