Crocked dill pickles
Crocked dill pickles recipe in the canning category
Recipe ingredients:
- 16 pounds tiny cucumbers for pickling
- 3/4 cup pickling spices
- 7 stalks fresh dill
- 1/2 pound garlic cloves, peeled and halved
- 2 cups pickling salt
- 2 gallons water
Recipe method:
- Wash and drain cucumbers.
- Place half each of the pickling spices, dill and garlic on the bottom of a clean 4 gallon crock.
- Put the cucumbers in the crock.
- Dissolve the salt in the 2 gallons water and pour over the cucumbers.
- Add remaining pickling spices, dill and garlic on top and cover with a weighted lid.
- Check every few days and skim off foam.
- In 2 to 3 weeks the cucumbers will be crisp and firm to the touch.
- Pack the cucumbers in sterilized jars.
- Strain and boil the brine and pour over cucumbers.
- Seal tightly and store in a cool place.
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