How to Prepare Tasty Old-fashioned Cucumbers & Onions in Vinegar "Dressing"

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Old-fashioned Cucumbers & Onions in Vinegar "Dressing". Mom's Cucumbers and Onions is an old fashioned recipe featuring garden vegetables. The ingredients are simple - cucumbers, onions, salt, vinegar, sugar, celery seed and black pepper, but the finished result is the perfect accompaniment to any summer meal. Old Fashioned Cucumbers and Onions Recipe… The key to cucumbers and onions, I believe, is getting the ratio of water to apple cider vinegar correct.

This is a recipe I know is widespread and loved by many.

This is just the way I was always taught to make it.

The amounts of each ingredient for the "dressing" really just depend on how many cukes you have and how big.

You can have Old-fashioned Cucumbers & Onions in Vinegar "Dressing" using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Old-fashioned Cucumbers & Onions in Vinegar "Dressing"

1. Prepare of Cucumbers.

2. You need of Vidalia onion (or other sweet variety).

3. It’s of Equal parts vinegar and water.

4. Prepare of Sugar.

5. You need of Salt.

I had a problem - too many cucumbers to eat in salads, but not enough to make pickles.

This sent me searching through my hundred-year-old cookbooks for cucumber recipes.

One cookbook suggested dipping cucumber spears into a batter and then frying them.

I decided to give it a try.

Old-fashioned Cucumbers & Onions in Vinegar "Dressing" step by step

1. Peel and slice cucumbers. If they are very large, halve lengthwise before slicing. I used 3 large cukes for this batch and halved lengthwise..

2. Remove skin from onion, cut in half from pole to pole. Cut halves into thin slices. I used one medium Vidalia for this batch..

3. In a large bowl combine equal parts vinegar and water, about half as much sugar, and a pinch of salt. Wisk together to dissolve sugar. Taste and add more sugar and salt as desired. For this batch I ended up using 1 cup water, 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup white vinegar, 3/4 cup sugar, and 1 tsp salt..

4. Add cucumbers and onion to vinegar mixture. Stir to ensure all pieces are coated evenly. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. I like making mine a day ahead of time because the longer it sits the better it gets..

Wash the cucumbers in cold water.

Larger ones may be halved or quartered and the seeds scooped out then cut into pickle-sized chunks.

Put the cucumbers in a container (a large crock is preferred but hard to come by anymore - a plastic pail works fine).

Cucumber Relish "The Old Fashioned Way" There is only so much cucumber you can add to a salad or sandwich!

Also, these cucumbers had been left a little long on the vine so they were slightly bitter.