IngredientsPreserves
Silberzwiebelnpickled silverskin onions
Very small white onions cured in a vinegar brine. They stay firm and crunchy and taste sour, not sweet.
They belong to the Brotzeit, the German cold supper: with cheese, in sausage salad, next to gherkins on the board.
In Mexikoin Mexico
They are called cebollitas en vinagre and sit in the supermarket beside the pickled chillies.
That settles it, no workaround needed.
Vorsichtwatch out
Many Mexican jars are pickled with chilli, often together with carrot and jalapeño.
For sausage salad that pulls the wrong way: the heat covers everything else. Read the label and pick a jar without chilli.