Ingredients:

• 1 kilogram of green cucumbers
• 2 onions
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 3 soup spoons of sugar
• 3 teaspoons of mustard seed
• 6 soup spoons of vinegar (gas vinegar 10%)
• 2 bay leaves
• Peppercorns

Peel the cucumbers and cut into slices. Put salt, mustard seed, sugar and vinegar in a cup and mix. Cut onion in rings.

Put cucumbers in a bowl in layers and add onion rings, peppercorns, 2 bay leaves and herb mixture. Mix well and let it rest for awhile.

After that the cucumbers are ready to serve.

Unbeatable fast.

Some recipts and a description how the cucumber came to the Spreewald are shown in the small book "Spreewälder Gurkenbüchlein".

books about Spreewald in the Shop
(German Edition)