Mom’s, mom’s marinated cucumber onion recipe

Dena with her Cucumber Dish

One thing that has come from the challenging days we’ve faced since Mom’s stroke is the ease in which I see the precious content of certain moments.  This recipe was one of those little moments.  Try it, you’ll LOVE it!

McCoy Marinated Onions and Cucumbers

A medium cucumber-sliced thin (We peeled ours)
A small onion-halved and sliced thin
1/4 Cup sugar
1/2 Cup water
1/4 Cup vinegar

Mix together and marinate in the frig.  Keeps for many days.

This recipe spurred a very nice conversation about family history.  Precious moments are those that pop up when you least expect them.  Watch for them and they’ll bless you too.  We even found Mom’s recipe box and hope to add more recipes as time goes on.
Dena got this recipe from HER mother.  Dena says that HER mother, Emily, made up most of her own recipes.  Mom, MY mother, Dena, stood over me and helped direct the proportions, as she says she only “eye-balled”  how much of everything to put in.  It was a special moment shared by mother and child and I’m happy to report that I’m still learning from my mother even though I’m 53 years old and Mom doesn’t always have control over her reality.  This moment was one of my “small things” that I thank God for.  We liked the taste of these proportions.

They were poor and Emily’s mother died early.  Emily had to cook for her family a lot.  She would pick the greens next to the road for much of their food.  Emily’s father was a coal miner.  Her last name was McCoy and her heritage was Scottish.  Mother thinks that there were 10 children in Emily’s immediate family.   I remember this recipe from when I was a child.  It was the absolute only way I would consider a cucumber and I actually liked it then, as I do now.

Thanks, Mom!  Love you…