Dill cuccumbers

[angelwithwings]

Ive not heard of 'rozsolnyk' before??
Got the recipe?

[Donna]

Did you ever try slicing cucumbers very thinly and mixing half and half of mayonnaise (Hellman's is the best) and regular vinegar and letting the cucumbers sit overnight in the frig. It is so delicious with your stuffed cabbages. YUM!

[johnstruthers]

You can make your own "cold packed" dill cukes easy enough: Three liter jar, slice up about 50 grams or so of garlic (like the size of your thumb, about that much), a big handful of dill(a lot), stick them togetherin the jar, then dissolve a heaping tablespoon of salt in about 1 1/2 liter of water along with 1/2 cup of vinegar, slice up enough cukes crosswise to fill the jar, put them in the jar, pour the water/salt/vinegar on top, and they're ready in a day or so. They get better with each passing day. Also, slice up cukes, slice up about half as much onions, put them in a bowl, pour water/salt/vinegar mixture over them, put them in the fridge covered (otherwise everything in the fridge will smell like cukes),drain them after a day and stir in sour cream with a handful of dill weed. Or, if you don't like vinegar, skip the vinegar and add more salt. You're not going to screw anything up.

[Zbyszek]

Originally posted by johnstruthers
You can make your own "cold packed" dill cukes easy enough: Three liter jar, slice up about 50 grams or so of garlic (like the size of your thumb, about that much), a big handful of dill(a lot), stick them together in the jar, then dissolve a heaping tablespoon of salt in about 1 1/2 liter of water along with 1/2 cup of vinegar, slice up enough cukes crosswise to fill the jar, put them in the jar, pour the water/salt/vinegar on top, and they're ready in a day or so.......

Hi John,
Your recipe is splendid. I prefer cucumbers preserved without vineger, but both varieties are very good. Dill is just indispensible for the best results.
One thing is critically important: cucumbers should be cultivated without fertilizers, otherwise they do not preserve well. With a lot of nitrogen, they lose their good taste. It was experimentally confirmed by myself. Without being fertilized during the growth period they can be safely kept for more than a year. They should not protude above the liguid level in a jar - it is overlooked sometimes. There should be no light in the house cellar.
I also like "young" pickles. We call them malosolne ogorki.

Ogorki are the easiest possible vegetables to grow for amateurs. There can be some problems with too wet weather but usually first lot of cucumbers is healthy.
Tomatoes require somewhat more skill and more chemicals for sure results, at least with the seasonal rainy weather.

Greetings Silkrem!
Yes, Poland also was and still is the Beeland. My bleuberry harvest would be much lower without them. Bumblebees are also much helpful for my blueberries. I call them bleuberries' best friends. However, eating cucumbers with honey looks exotic to me! Rassolnik is great but I believe it is not good for health because of too much salt which can promote hypertension.

[Edited by Zbyszek on 18th December 2002 at 23:40]

[johnstruthers]

Hi Zbyszek,
That's good to know, that cukes will hold up for a long time if they're not saturated with nitrogen. The ones I buy at the local market are probably natural, because they come from somebody's garden, for the most part. I know the ones we grow at the dacha are as ecologically pure as our samogon. I have a friend who tells me she knows that recipe with honey, it's the same one used to pickle peppers, and I'm going to get it from her and share it soon. Thanks for the information.