Brined Dills

Name: Brined Dills
Ingredients: 48 small cucumbers; 1 box pickling spices whole; 3 bunch dill weed dry; 1 pint white vinegar; 2 gallons water; 1 pound salt

6 ingredients

1 steps

Ingredients

48 small cucumbers
1 box pickling spices whole
3 bunch dill weed dry
1 pint white vinegar
2 gallons water
1 pound salt

Directions

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["Wash and drain cukes.", "Put down a layer of dill in a large crock.", "Layer cukes, dill, pickling spices (and whole rocambole and washed grape leaves if desired) in crock.", "Stir together remaining ingredients and pour over cucumbers until well covered.", "(make more brine as necessary) Place a heavy plate on top of cukes, and weight it down with a large jar filled with water.", "Do not fill crock to the top as it may overflow when the cukes release water.", "Let sit for approx 3 weeks, or until cukes are uniformly colored throughout and well flavored with dill.", "Remove cukes from brine and wash, discarding any soft cukes.", "Pack pickles into clean quart jars adding 1 to 2 cloves sliced rocambole (or garlic), 1 teaspoon peppercorns, 1/4 teaspoon pickling spices, and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric.", "Make up fresh brine from recipe above, bring to a boil and pour over dills in jar leaving 1\" of headroom.""