My German grandmother pronounced it "cuka" too. She made homemade ones for us with plums and it was so delicious. Her name was Clara Breitenstein Sabel. She was from Stadt Allendorf in Hessen, Germany. My grandparents lived on Bardstown Road (across from where Arby's stands today) and had a wallpaper store in the front rooms of their house. They was friends with Gato the tailor. Anyone remember him? He was from Italy and had a shop on Bardstown Road. When we were kids we would walk home from St. Brigid School and stop by his shop. He would give us chewing gum so we loved him. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Temple" <keenebj@insightbb.com> > Hi, You said cuka. By that do you mean, "Kuchen"? > My family said, "cuka" but everyone I've spoken with for several years > disagrees with our pronunciation, including a waitress from Germany. I > hope that's what you meant so I find someone else who says it the way my > family did!! I guess that sometimes small things mean a lot.