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Aha-Moment: What Is the Sour Cucumber Time?

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The "acid-gurk time" has existed since the 18th century. At that time it meant very practically: there was little to eat – and sour cucumbers were often the only thing that was still in the storage cellar. Today, the term stands for a quiet phase in the year, in which little happens and one has to get along with what is there. Such phases exist abroad too – in Italy, for example, the time is called "Stagione della Pasta" – that is, "pasta season…
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The "acid-gurk time" has existed since the 18th century. At that time it meant very practically: there was little to eat – and sour cucumbers were often the only thing that was still in the storage cellar. Today, the term stands for a quiet phase in the year, in which little happens and one has to get along with what is there. Such phases exist abroad too – in Italy, for example, the time is called "Stagione della Pasta" – that is, "pasta season…

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baden.fm broke the news in on Monday, October 6, 2025.
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