| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Grains |
|
Preserves, Pickles |
2 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 2 |
tb |
Mixed pickling spices |
| 3 |
c |
White distilled vinegar |
| 3 |
c |
Water (if the tap water in your home is hard or high in mineral content, use bottled water to avoid getting shriveled or dark pickles) |
| 6 |
tb |
Sugar |
| 6 |
tb |
Pickling or coarse (kosher) salt |
| 10 |
|
4-inch-long pickling cucumbers |
| 4 |
|
Fresh or dried dill seed heads |
| 4 |
|
Cloves garlic |
| 4 |
|
Small dried red chili peppers |
INSTRUCTIONS
1. In small piece of double-thick cheesecloth, tie pickling spices to form
a small bag. In stainless-steel 3-quart saucepan, heat spice bag,
vinegar, water, sugar, and salt to boiling. Reduce heat to low, cover,
and simmer vinegar mixture, or brine, 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, prepare 2 wide-mouth 1-quart canning jars and caps for
processing. Halve cucumbers lengthwise. Pack lightly into hot jars; place 2
dill seed heads, 2 cloves garlic, and 2 red peppers into each jar.
3. Discard spice bag from brine. Ladle simmering brine over cucumbers,
leaving 1/2 inch space at the top of jar. Keep brine simmering while
filling both jars. Place small knife or metal spatula between cu- cumbers
and inside of jar. Move knife around jar to release any air bubbles that
may exist. Sea] jars with caps.
4. Place jars on rack in 12-quart canner filled with boiling water (water
should cover top of jars by an inch); cover canner and process jars 15
minutes. Cool jars; label and store in cool, dark place at least 2 months
before serving. Store opened jar of pickles in the refrigerator.
Nutrition information per pickle half-protein gram; fat: 1 grain;
carbohydrate: 1 gram; fiber. @58 gram; sodium: 741 milligrams; cholesterol:
0; calories: 5. Country Living/May/94 Scanned & fixed by DP & GG
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #312
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 10:38:22 -0500
From: kmeade@IDS2.IDSONLINE.COM (The Meades)
A Message from our Provider:
“Let Him therefore send and do what He will. By His grace, if we are His, we will face it, bow to it, accept it, and give thanks for it. God’s Providence is always executed in the ‘wisest manner’ possible. We are often unable to see and understand the reasons and causes for specific events in our lives, in the lives of others, or in the history of the world. But our lack of understanding does not prevent us from believing God. #Don Fortner”