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Simple Cucumber and Onion Salad

Stacey – May 26, 2011 – 107 Comments

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Simple Cucumber and Onion SaladThis year my wife, my best friend, and I all turn 30.  Up until now, I’ve kind of viewed it as just another birthday.  We had decided we would all go to Vegas this fall to celebrate, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to be possible – that whole having-to-be-a-responsible-adult thing really stinks sometimes. 

This past weekend we celebrated my wife’s birthday, she’s the oldest of the three of us.  We had a great little celebration at a local restaurant with 30 of our closest friends and family.  Somehow after the party though, the realization of what 30 means has started to sink in.

I bought my first house at 22 years old.  Then, thinking about a 30 year mortgage meant paying it off when I was 52.  Not a big deal.  It’s different now.  A 30 year mortgage now, means it won’t be paid off until I’m 60.  More shocking is thinking that my child will be 32 then.  Wait! Am I saving enough for retirement?  Surely Social Security will be nonexistent by then, right?  Did I just say that?

It’s weird.  I’m not really scared of 30.  I guess 30 just means no one can look at me as a kid anymore.  Thirty is the age where you are officially, beyond the shadow of a doubt, an adult.  The truth is, I’m pretty mature for my age, but this just confirms it.  I keep thinking that there have to be some wild and crazy things that I need to squeeze into my twenties before the big three o – things that only a “kid in his twenties” would do. 

I’m at a loss though.  I’ve never been a wild and crazy kind of guy.  Should I have been?  Did I miss out on something by not being wild and crazy? I think…  I think I’m thinking too much.  I’m too old for all this stress…  I’m so confused.

One thing I do know for sure is  that some of the most simple recipes are the best and this one is certainly not an exception to the rule.  Every time I make this stuff, I end up eating about half of it before supper time just picking at it while I’m cooking. The cool cucumber combined with the sweet onion and the tart vinegar, it’s just delish!This Simple Cucumber and Onion Salad recipe is the perfect tart and tangy side for summer!

 

Ingredients

  • 5 or 6 small pickling cucumbers (you can use 2 or 3 English cucumbers if that’s all you can get your hands on)
  • half of a medium-sized Vidalia onion
  • 1/2 cup white vinegar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 garlic clove, finely minced
  • black pepper (optional)

Directions

  1. Peel cucumbers and slice to your liking.  Peel and slice onion.  Combine in a large bowl.
  2. Combine vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and garlic and pour over cucumbers and onions.
  3. Allow to sit at least an hour before serving.  Sprinkle with black pepper (optional).
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Simple Cucumber and Onion Salad

Course Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 4
Author Stacey Little | Southern Bite

Ingredients

  • 5 or 6 small pickling cucumbers (you can use 2 or 3 English cucumbers if that’s all you can get your hands on)
  • half of a medium-sized Vidalia onion
  • 1/2 cup white vinegar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • black pepper

Instructions

  • Peel cucumbers and slice to your liking. Peel and slice onion. Combine in a large bowl.
  • Combine vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and garlic and pour over cucumbers and onions.
  • Allow to sit at least an hour before serving. Sprinkle with black pepper (optional).
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  1. P.M.

    October 11, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    The only thing I did differently was add end of season grape tomatoes. It was delicious! I had no left overs.
    I will make this again

    Reply
    • Stacey

      October 12, 2022 at 8:15 am

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  2. Katelon

    September 28, 2022 at 7:38 pm

    Love capturing the fresh peach flavor! Used to use Jam in a Jiffy but the 3 min cook time makes sure there’s no grainy Ed’s and still preserves that just picked deliciousness!

    Can you make it with less sugar? It’s like candy!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      September 29, 2022 at 1:49 pm

      When it comes to making jellies and jams, changing the sugar measurement can sometimes cause the recipe to fail.

      Reply
  3. Sam

    September 24, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    This sounds similar to my mom’s recipe but she added tomatoes and i think a little mayo because I remember the sauce/dressing being white does this sound familiar to anyone?

    Reply
    • Stacey

      September 26, 2022 at 1:17 pm

      Hmmm are you thinking about the sour cream version?
      https://southernbite.com/creamy-cucumber-salad/

      Reply
  4. Joann Lurk

    September 16, 2022 at 9:24 am

    This is so addictive!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      September 19, 2022 at 8:33 am

      And absolutely NO calories…lol

      Reply
  5. Nancy

    August 20, 2022 at 2:55 pm

    Absolutely delis!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      August 22, 2022 at 9:16 am

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  6. blue

    August 6, 2022 at 4:11 pm

    delish made some tonight goes well with any thing on a hot summer nite

    Reply
    • Stacey

      August 8, 2022 at 8:20 am

      I definitely agree!

      Reply
  7. Georgette

    September 29, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    Today I was looking for an Instant pot recipe for a whole chicken and thought about cucumbers. I’ve been searching for my grandma’s recipe, but she passed away at 105; Mom used to make it, but now she’s in a nursing home with dementia; my oldest daughter made it, but she passed away from covid in November 2020, and at 74 now I couldn’t remember all of how to make it. Thanks so much for posting it to jog my memory; now with the last of this year’s Iowa cucumbers I am finally going to be able to satisfy my hunger for a childhood flavor!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      September 30, 2021 at 10:38 am

      I’m so sorry to hear about your mom and daughter, Georgette! You’re in my prayers.

      Reply
  8. Mary

    July 25, 2021 at 6:13 pm

    I use apple cider instead of white vinegar, but I have never used garlic, I will have to try that.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 27, 2021 at 10:57 am

      Hope you’ll enjoy it!

      Reply
  9. Alena

    July 9, 2021 at 9:57 am

    I have tried it. Amazing salad! Thanks for share my friend

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 12, 2021 at 2:26 pm

      Thanks!!

      Reply
  10. David Giles

    April 27, 2021 at 10:50 am

    Love making these and I can easily eat them all. I include slices of bell pepper and rings of banana peppers in my mix. My mixture is usually 3 cups of vinegar, sugar and water with 2 large Vidalia onions and about the same of cucumber sliced.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      April 27, 2021 at 12:03 pm

      Yum! Thanks for sharing your variation!

      Reply
  11. Barbara

    July 24, 2020 at 4:44 pm

    This is the second time this week I made them. Just happen to Google the recipe and fall on this one and it’s perfect and simple. And it’s everything I always have in the pantry!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 27, 2020 at 11:10 am

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!

      Reply
  12. Virginia

    July 24, 2020 at 2:33 pm

    I am 77 and have been eating this since I was probably 3 or 4 years of age. I omit the garlic only because garlic is not a favorite item. Floating tomato slices works well in this recipe or cutting cherry tomatoes in half.

    Now don’t shake your head when I tell you about this sandwich:
    Two slices of white bread covered with Hellman’s mayo.
    Pile on the drained cucumber and onions recipe.
    A glass of sweet tea to wash it all down.
    That is summer time living!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 27, 2020 at 11:10 am

      Sounds pretty amazing to me!

      Reply
  13. Joyce Hayes

    July 7, 2020 at 7:44 am

    Stacey— You are the man. I have fixed so many recipes that you have made and posted. There t

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 7, 2020 at 12:05 pm

      Thanks so much, Joyce!!

      Reply
  14. Mj magee

    August 24, 2019 at 4:04 pm

    1st. Thank you for posting this recipe. I have had them both creamy and regular. You can also use French onion dip instead of just sour cream.
    2nd. I came from a Swedish family and we put sugar on our garden sliced tomatoes. Store bought tomatoes are not as good as home grown tomatoes. You may want to try sprinkling a little sugar on a tomato you buy at the farmers market and sliced. I like them with salt or sugar. I always put a little sugar in my chili to cut the tomato acid. Another trick my Swedish grandmother taught me

    Thanks for posting recipe
    Mj

    Reply
    • Stacey

      August 28, 2019 at 10:13 am

      Thank YOU for all these great tips!

      Reply
  15. Emily Bernhardt

    August 18, 2019 at 3:08 pm

    Yummy yummy delish.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      August 19, 2019 at 10:28 am

      Thanks!

      Reply
  16. Emily Bernhardt

    August 18, 2019 at 3:06 pm

    Honey Child – I have been making this exact recipe since 1955. Everyone loves it. Try this on for size – use the same wet ingredients vinegar, lemon juice, onions, Splenda, salt and pepper and a little oil mix well. Throw in iceberg lettuce chopped up. My Mom was from Germany and this was always her go to salad – Yum Yum

    Reply
    • Stacey

      August 19, 2019 at 10:28 am

      That sounds AMAZING!!

      Reply
  17. Beth

    July 21, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    Simplest is best! And it perfectly recalls just the way I’ve loved this salad all my life. This summer: cucumbers fresh from the garden (ah…that scent when peeling them is out of this world!) and onions from my CSA box. This is just the essence of summer. Thank you, Stacy!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 22, 2019 at 11:01 am

      I couldn’t agree more! In other new, can we get a real cucumber scented candle?

      Reply
  18. Thelma R McCain

    July 9, 2019 at 3:57 pm

    My memory was using young green onions just beginning to make a bulb with fresh Cukes both from our garden on the farm!
    Served in a small bowl as a treat with fresh vegetable. Like many of you I didn’t find it written down, so I’m grateful for the input. I will pass this along to my two sons and six grandchildren.
    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 15, 2019 at 7:41 pm

      Sounds great! Sure hope you’ll enjoy!

      Reply
  19. iluvs2fish

    July 6, 2019 at 11:03 am

    We call this stuff “Bellyache” where I come from: Sioux City Iowa. More vinegar then water. Enough to put your mouth in a twist. LOL

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 9, 2019 at 9:49 am

      Yum!

      Reply
  20. Marylou

    June 10, 2019 at 10:21 am

    I made this Saturday and they are amazing. My local grocery has cucumbers 2/$1f so I’m going back and get more!! I love your blog!!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      June 12, 2019 at 11:28 am

      Thanks, Marylou! So glad you enjoyed it!!

      Reply
  21. Rev Linda

    June 7, 2019 at 11:43 am

    Both the cuke and onion and the creamy cuke salad favourites of mine as well. As many others have said, I grew up with these all summer long. Long before global marketing made us expect to have fresh veg in season or out of season we only had cucumbers in the summer – unless they were pickled, and then they were pickles! In spite of living in the UK for 30 years l still consider myself an Iowa ‘girl’. I tend to think folks consider anything they grow up knowing as part of wherever they grew up. Don’t think it matters if someone considers something a Southern thing, or a Wisconsin thing or even an Iowa thing. The Important thing is that once again you’ve brought back all the good memories that went along with that dish. Even better right now because I’ve been moved to share some of these with my British husband -adding to our collective international diet.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      June 12, 2019 at 11:31 am

      Love this comment so much! Thanks for sharing, Linda!

      Reply
  22. Gran

    June 6, 2019 at 11:26 pm

    I loved your recipe for the pickled cucumber and onions. This is how my late husband loved them. I kept him a jar mixed up in the fridge each week. He ate some with his lunch every day. During the summer months.
    I want to try the cucumber salad, but I am one of those people that cannot stand the taste of sour cream. Do you think I could mix the ingredients with a little mayo? Have any of your followers tried making it this way? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    Love your recipes! Just made the chicken spaghetti and my grown grandson loved it and wanted the recipe. For all of you who have not tried it, make it, you will love it!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      June 7, 2019 at 9:35 am

      Thanks, Gran! I love that chicken spaghetti! So glad y’all did too. I definitely think you should try the salad with the mayo, if sour cream isn’t your thing. I would start with a few tablespoons and just add it until you get it to a consistency that you like it.

      Reply
  23. Aileen

    June 6, 2019 at 3:47 pm

    Oh my goodness, Stacey, I thought this was a new post. It’s been awhile since you turned 30! Haha. I was going to say not to worry about not doing anything wild and crazy in your 20’s. It’s quite an accomplishment for you to have bought your first house at such a young age. Your adventures with your family, humble though they may be, are more than good enough. 😉 I make something similar to your cucumber and onion salad but I use mayo with most of the other ingredients and no water. Yours looks so very yummy though, with the vinegar in there. I’m going to try it!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      June 7, 2019 at 9:33 am

      Ha! I always worry about sending out old posts for this very reason! I’ve been in my 30s for quite some time now!

      Reply
  24. Louise

    June 6, 2019 at 2:56 pm

    One of .my favorites. Yum. Grew up eating this, and I am 87. Also sometimes I just slice the cukes and onions and pour over some bottled Italian dressing. Also very good that way. Yum. Now I am wishing I had some cucumbers. Love your site!!

    Reply
    • Stacey

      June 7, 2019 at 9:32 am

      Thanks, Louise!

      Reply
  25. Carol Morales

    November 29, 2018 at 2:13 pm

    I have eaten this salad since I was a kid, my father always made it and we were not from the south, he was very very English. Where ever the origin, I had misplaced my dads recipe and thank you oh so much for having it. I looked in my fathers old cooks books, to no avail. Suffered a TBI so couldn’t remember. You bring back some memories I have lost thank you Carol

    Reply
    • Stacey

      November 29, 2018 at 4:06 pm

      Thanks so much, Carol! I hope you’ll enjoy this nearly as much as your Dad’s!

      Reply
  26. Jimi Johnston

    July 6, 2017 at 9:05 am

    So simple and yet so good try it you will love it

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 7, 2017 at 2:26 pm

      Thanks!!

      Reply
  27. Rose Adams

    June 23, 2015 at 7:58 am

    PLEASE tell me where you got that glass dish. I have some like it that have been in my family since I can remember. I’m just wondering if you know their origin. Like maybe they came with a new refrigerator YEARS ago.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      June 29, 2015 at 12:12 pm

      I wish I could tell you, Rose! I bought that one at a thrift store several years ago. 🙂

      Reply
    • Linda

      February 28, 2018 at 11:34 am

      It is possibly a Federal Glass Refrigerator Dish. I have some that were my grandmothers. I remember them from when I was very young so they have been around for a while. I am 64… just for reference.

      Reply
  28. AT

    November 7, 2014 at 11:41 am

    Adding sugar to cucumbers and onions, may be what makes them “Southern”. My (New Jersey born) father’s recipe wasn’t written down as it was made “to taste”. He used a jar, thinly sliced cucumbers and onions, cider vinegar, fresh ground black pepper and minced garlic (dried worked well). He layered black pepper and garlic between a fairly thick layer of cucumbers with an equivalent layer of onions, until the jar was full. Then he filled the jar with cider vinegar. They were good in an hour and better overnight. The “marinade” could be used again. My (Southern born) husband preferred them with water in 1/4 of the jar, so I’d make two jars. His family just used sliced cucumbers and onions with either white or cider vinegar.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      November 12, 2014 at 5:45 pm

      Love all these variations! Now I’m craving some!

      Reply
      • Paul

        July 26, 2018 at 7:44 am

        Stacey: I’ve made this type of side dish for many years. I learned it from my sweet Aunt Mary (Mom’s eldest sister). I’ve switched it up a bunch and like our friend above, I use a bout 1/2 apple cider vinegar to the white. I also add a 1/2 teaspoon of salt and some caraway seeds. And sometimes I use red onions. My trick to keep the cukes under the brine (always in a wide-mouth Mason or similar jar) is to put a small glass ramekin on top of them (to hold them down) and place a piece of wax paper inside the lid. Then I screw the lid on tightly. I let the jar sit upright for 24 hours, then turn it upside down (place it in a plastic bowl in case ANYTHING DRIPS) for another 8-12 and they are READY!

        Reply
        • Paul

          July 26, 2018 at 7:47 am

          I meant to say “1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of sugar” And sometimes I substitute rice wine or champagne vinegar for the apple cider vinegar. I add water too; gotta get that sweet/sour balance just so! ;o)

          Reply
        • Stacey

          July 26, 2018 at 12:01 pm

          Great tips here, Paul! Thanks for sharing!!

          Reply
          • M. Brennan

            August 27, 2018 at 3:44 pm

            Stacy, this may sound nuts but check out the book “Eat right for your Blood Type”. Each blood type tolerates different foods and maybe tomatoes are one you cannot tolerate. My nephew can stand sweet potatoes and low and behold his blood type cannot tolerate sweet potatoes.
            Just a shot, check it out.

          • Stacey

            August 28, 2018 at 11:38 am

            Very interesting! I’ll look into that! 🙂

    • Paul

      July 26, 2018 at 8:04 am

      I hope y’all are using a mandolin (with the safety cover) to slice up those cucumbers! It’s a quick and EZ way to accomplish this chore. I got my mandolin from an uncle who did nearly all the cooking for his family of 6. He’s gone now, but his mandolin is in constant use! ;o)

      Reply
  29. Esther Burton

    July 22, 2014 at 10:18 am

    LOVE this salad. My grandmother and mother made this often during the summer harvest. I didn’t know there was an actual recipe for it. 🙂 I want to try the sour cream sauce mentioned above. My question…Is it possible to CAN this recipe…? I’m hoping for a good cucumber harvest this year. 🙂 And would love to can this if possible.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 23, 2014 at 11:01 am

      I’m not a canning expert, Esther, but I would imagine it could be canned.

      Reply
  30. KC

    July 11, 2014 at 12:21 pm

    Now that I’m over 50, suddenly I am trying to recreate recipes that I grew up eating, but were so simple my parents &grandparents never wrote down the recipe (all sadly deceased). My Dad used to make this to eat with fresh grown purple hull peas, string beans, & or bunch beans instead of the home made pepper sauce he also made. And yep, I grew up in northern Mississippi.. This recipe sounds like what I remember Daddy making! Yum.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 11, 2014 at 4:01 pm

      Isn’t that the truth!? We don’t really think about those recipes until the folks who made them are gone. Well, hopefully this will be close to your father’s recipe. Enjoy!

      Reply
  31. Julia Dawn Mason

    June 17, 2014 at 5:54 pm

    My mother used to make this. I grew up eating it every summer when the cucumbers were ripe. If you get a an onion that has a fiery after bite, Run the sliced onion under hot tap water and drain. The fire is taken out of it.. Then add to the salad.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      June 18, 2014 at 8:46 am

      Great tip! Thanks, Julia!

      Reply
  32. Denise

    May 29, 2014 at 5:05 pm

    OMG!!! :O I didn’t think anybody else ate this!!! My grandmother used to make this when we were kids. Sliced onions with cucumbers, salt, pepper and vinegar. Hands down so good and simple. Is this a southern thing haha?

    Reply
    • Stacey

      June 3, 2014 at 10:39 am

      I think it is quite Southern, Denise! 🙂

      Reply
      • Marylyn L Gillespie

        July 30, 2018 at 1:47 pm

        Iowa knows this as a summer staple and has as long as I remember — I am 80 years old — so no — not a ‘southern’ thing

        Reply
        • Stacey

          July 31, 2018 at 9:34 am

          Actually, it can certainly be a “Southern” thing. Just because you eat it in Iowa, doesn’t make it not southern. We eat Philly Cheesesteaks across the country, but that doesn’t make them not Philadelphian. There’s no sense hanging around if your intent is to be rude.

          Reply
          • Linda Bassett

            July 27, 2020 at 12:25 am

            I always wilt my cucumber slices.. at least for 30 minutes. with salt and water to cover.. My grandmother and Mom always made them that way…

          • Stacey

            July 27, 2020 at 11:07 am

            I certainly so that with a creamy sauce, like with my Creamy Cucumber Salad, but not wit this version. I think I should try it! https://southernbite.com/creamy-cucumber-salad/

          • Trish Benson

            November 21, 2020 at 6:11 pm

            Now who is being rude Stacey.

          • Stacey

            November 21, 2020 at 8:30 pm

            There are more than 30,000 comments on SouthernBite and if you find the one comment where I’m defending the work that I spend countless hours and thousands of dollars every month to provide recipes for folks for free rude, then call me rude, Trish.

  33. Phil D.

    May 25, 2014 at 11:48 am

    I have eat C & O’s all my life. Literally since I was big enough to chew and this is the recipe. Only thing I do a little different, I heat the vinegar, water, sugar & salt. It tends to let the cuc’s & onions take on that taste a little stronger. Thanks for the recipe it reminded me I need vidalla’s!

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    • Stacey

      May 25, 2014 at 8:07 pm

      🙂

      Reply
  34. Libby Mitchell

    September 29, 2013 at 12:13 am

    I haven’t tried your recipe yet, but it sounds delicious! I found your recipe while looking for a salad I had many years ago which had thinly sliced cucumbers, white onions sliced thinly, half & half,cider or white vinegar, a little salt and an amount of sugar I would guess to be about a rounded tablespoonful. It may not be all that healthy, but it was delicious served chilled with a nice summer meal! It was quite refreshing. It probably compares with the recipe someone sent in with the sour cream in it. The recipe I tasted was marinaded for several hours prior to serving if not overnight. Thanks for allowing me to share. Please let me know if you have heard of the recipe I am looking for. Libby M. [email protected]

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  35. Candis

    October 26, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    Thank you for sharing this recipe. I have made this quite abit and each time I have to find one on the internet 😀 I finally
    wrote it down and I am sending this to my mom and sister. I first ate this recipe in 1975, by a couple elderly women that took me under their wings and taught me to cook and some of their old recipes. 😀 thank you for sharing
    Candis

    Reply
    • Stacey

      October 26, 2012 at 2:46 pm

      Well, Canids, I’m so glad you found it! I hope you and Mom and Sister will enjoy it! Thanks for taking the time to send me a note!

      Reply
  36. Nick

    June 30, 2012 at 10:13 am

    Thanks for sharing a great recipe! Delicious.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      July 2, 2012 at 9:16 am

      Thanks, Nick!

      Reply
  37. Martha R

    May 31, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    We are being invded with cucumbers right now. I made this the other night for dinner WOW!!! I was afraid the sugar would be too much but it was really good. I grew up on Sour Cream Cucumbers and this is a close 2nd. Thanks for this recipe.

    Reply
    • Stacey

      May 31, 2011 at 4:26 pm

      Wonderful! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. It’s one of those things that when I start eating it, I can’t stop. Good thing it’s not fattening!

      Reply
      • Lila

        January 6, 2012 at 4:13 pm

        we grew up eating this ,my children; adults like this to.

        Reply
  38. winniemom

    May 27, 2011 at 10:39 am

    This recipe is what my late husband loved only leave off the garlic and add lots of black pepper. During the summer months would have to make both this and my grandmothers recipe for Cucumber Onion Salad

    5 or 6 small pickling cucumbers sliced and peeled, vidalia onion sliced. Put both in bowl filled with cold water and salt added making a strong salt solution. Let sit about 30 minutes. While this is soaking combine 1/2 cup (or more if you like) sour cream, 1/4 cup vinegar and 1 rounded Tablespoon sugar. Rinse and drain cucumbers and onions. Put dressing over mixing well to cover. Add black pepper to taste. Chill to enhance flavors.

    Either recipe is definitely a summer must to make.

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    • Stacey

      May 27, 2011 at 11:28 am

      That sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    • dollylama

      August 10, 2012 at 5:58 am

      Thanks so much for posting your “alternate version”. This is the version I have been unsuccesfully searching for!

      The minor tweaks would be: to use a mandolin to slice both the cucumbers (which do NOT have to be peeled, if sliced VERY thin) and RED onions.

      I also like to sometimes use a light sour cream.

      This creamy sweet/tart version is SO GOOD that I have to double the recipe, or there won’t be enough to serve, as I can’t stop “sampling” it. ;>)

      Reply
      • Stacey

        August 13, 2012 at 11:59 am

        Wonderful! I’m so glad you found it and are enjoying it!

        Reply
    • Kimberly

      December 4, 2014 at 2:01 pm

      That is how we make it, with the sour cream! NO garlic. Apple cider vinegar instead of white because it’s not as astringent. But the best kept secret is……. a pinch of nutmeg. Trust me on that one. No one can figure it out and I’ve never told anyone that before. Darn…I let out the family secret. Oh, well…it’s just us. 😉 Use it in both recipe versions.

      And if Mom was so inclined she would put this over salted and peppered sliced tomatoes. YUM!!

      Reply
  39. Angie's BIG Love of Food

    May 26, 2011 at 10:33 am

    It’s like Fire & Ice w/o the Fire!!! I love it cause I can’t eat tomatoes!! I am off to make this. Thanks & big southern hugs!!

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    • Stacey

      May 26, 2011 at 10:38 am

      You got it! I don’t do tomatoes either! Let me know how it turns out!

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      • Janice Gowens

        May 27, 2011 at 9:00 am

        You don’t eat tomatoes??????? What about BLTs? Oh, yikes. I consider tomatoes one of the foods of the gods.

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        • Stacey

          May 27, 2011 at 9:27 am

          Janice – I don’t eat raw tomatoes. I know, I know… how could I!?!? LOVE them cooked. Just can’t do them raw. It’s really the only food hang-up that I have. I’ve tried so many times to force myself to like them, but I just can’t do it! I want to, it’s just not in the cards for me.

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          • Tommajean

            May 27, 2011 at 9:56 pm

            Summertime tomatoes, sliced paper thin, layered about 3/4 inch thick, salted and peppered, on white bread with lots of Miracle Whip. Only way I can eat them. Can’t bite into a thick slice, but a pile of thin ones is perfect.

          • Pamela

            February 1, 2015 at 12:25 am

            Well, youngin’, 30 is a baby you are just getting a good foothold on life so don;t over think it all. Trust this 60 year old Southern Lady. Bein’ wild is somethin you spend time soooo regretin’ seen it to much. Wisdom comes with time and while not the brightest bulb in the pack. I am am neither the dimmest. You have a good head on your shoulders and you are quite right cookin for people is the finest and I seem to cook for an Army on a regular basis but the fun of that is with just two of us I share food with so many and that too is a pure delight. I love feedin’ people and love sharin as well works out perfectly. So young man you just keep on and share the joy of cookin’ because real fellowship happens then with others and that my dear is a two way gift. By the way I make my cucumbers and onions much the same way you do but add a solid pinch of savory and Beau Monde to it a bit more Beaumonde with some chives and dill . People lose their minds…funny huh. Ya all have a good year there is so much more to come. Life gets richer in more ways than I can count . Be Blessed

          • Stacey

            February 4, 2015 at 9:47 am

            Thanks so much, Pamela!

          • Melinda Roberts

            July 16, 2018 at 4:56 pm

            Ditto raw tomatoes are the only ones I can’t get down either yuck ;0)

          • Stacey

            July 17, 2018 at 12:13 pm

            I want to like them so badly!

        • Dana Stieferman

          June 6, 2019 at 9:37 pm

          A BL (no Tom) on toast with Mayo‼️ Ummm good.

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      • Gregor

        August 3, 2019 at 3:43 pm

        One of favorite summer sandwich’s is Tomato, lettuce, mayo, and onion served on
        plain white bread. Yum. Yum
        Gregor

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        • Stacey

          August 6, 2019 at 3:38 pm

          Yum! Love it with the onion!

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  40. Belinda

    May 26, 2011 at 10:32 am

    LOVE IT !!!

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    • Sherry

      November 3, 2018 at 1:55 pm

      This is great! I substituted 2 pkgs splenda for sugar added a teeny pinch of dill and put in mason jar for hubby.. Grin..hes happy. Lol 2 thumbs up. Thank you for sharing

      Reply

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