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Dill Pickles

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients










24, 3-4" pickling cukes

Fresh Dill

1, red pepper sliced into thin strips

1or 2, bulbs of garlic

pickling spice

alum

coarse (pickling) salt

pickling vinegar













Recipe

Gently wash pickling cukes and let stand in ice-water.

Thoroughly wash and sterilize 1-quart canning jars.

Bring to a boil 1 cup pickling vinegar; 2 cups water; 1/4 cup pickling salt.

To each jar add 1 head of dill; 1 clove garlic; 1 slice red pepper; 1 tsp. pickling spice; pinch of alum.

Fill jars loosely with cukes and pour in boiling vinegar to the top. Seal and allow to cool.

These will seal on their own without needing to be processed in a boiling water bath.






Final Comments

If made in August they are good by Thanksgiving and perfect for Christmas! If they don't seal - simply pour liquid out and reboil and try again.