Grannie Lee's Dill Pickles

Recipe Rating:	4 Ratings5
Categories:	Vegetables, Quick & Easy
Collections:	Let's Have A Picnic, Grill Favorites
Serves:	7 quarts
Prep Time:	55 Min

Ingredients

21 medium	cucumbers, you don't want seedy ones
21 to 30 large	cloves garlic, peeled
21 sprig(s)	dill heads and feathery leaves
21 medium	hot pepper, your choice, i like habeneros
12 c	water
4 c	white vinegar
16 Tbsp	canning salt, do not subsitute, and you can order on line if you have to
	dill
	i grow my own and plant in spring because where i live you can't buy in any grocery store.

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Jane McMillan

Well Seasoned

Massena (now in FL), NY

janenov46

Member Since Oct 2010

Jane's Notes:

I got such a great reception with these pickles I have to post them. My daughter in law who is a chemist, asked me if they were hard to do.
When I stopped laughing, I told her they were probably the easiest thing I ever made. I don't put these in a water bath, but I do sterilize the jars.

Directions

Wash cukes,leave in sink, and cover in ice, add some water and leave for 3 hours.

Sterilize jars by boiling for 15 minutes. Leave jars in hot water while you pack pickles and remove them one by one to fill.

Put lids in small flat fry pan, cover with water and bring to almost a simmer, don't boil, they just have to be hot.

Bring brine to a boil, and keep heat on low to keep hot.

In each quart jar put 1 to 2 large cloves of garlic, one hot pepper (I like a habenero), and a sprig of dill and a feathery leaf if you have them.

Add sliced cucumbers, cover with brine, wipe top of jar off, screw lids on.

Set aside for 24 hours and then check seal. The combination of hot jar, hot brine,and hot lids seals them.

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Thea Pappalardo Sassy01

Nov 2, 2010

I have never attempted anything like this, but this sounds so easy. What size jars do you use?

Jane McMillan janenov46

Nov 2, 2010

Quart jars, and you need a pot big enough to fit them all. I bought my canner at walmart, and use it for other stuff also. It has a rick on the bottom, which you need so the jars don't rest directly on the bottom. you can also go online and order supplies.

Thea Pappalardo Sassy01

Nov 2, 2010

God bless Walmart! lol

Jane McMillan janenov46

Nov 2, 2010

Ain't that the truth.
I live a few miles North of Miami, so canning is not common here. Bought canning jars twice.
First time young lady in back of me asked me what I was going to do with them I said make pickles and jam. She said WOW! I had to tell her no, no ii's easy, if I can do it anyone can do it.

Jane McMillan janenov46

Nov 2, 2010

Second time I bought them the clerk asked me if those things really worked.
It now is a mattter of choice and lets face it gals that work just don't have a lot of spare time.

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JoSele Swopes JODIE57

Nov 3, 2010

My mom has always fixed her pickles like this I love them...thanks for posting this recipe...I am going to have to make them YUMMMM I love pickles..especially dill, and bread and butter, we put chili's in them too...Do you use Gherkins? I have a recipe on here for Hot Pickled Okra...I love Pickled Okra, I can eat the whole jar by myself I pickle them in pint jars....

Mom's Hot Pickled Okra

Jane McMillan janenov46

Nov 3, 2010

I made sweet gherkins this year, but I did have trouble finding cukes small enough. I tried to grow patio cukes in a pot (can't have a garden cause the racoons get into everything). The recipe was a pain, took about a week to do, and then they looked like little ole wrinkled men:)

JoSele Swopes JODIE57

Nov 3, 2010

LOL...Yeah the raccoons can be worse than dogs...We usually go to the farmers markets or out to the farms when it is the time for harvesting...This year was a bad year for the gherkins though and corn..I swear that every ear of corn I picked up had worms...I can understand a worm here and there, but everyone is ridiculous..even the snaps looked bad and the black-eyed peas...

Goldie Barnhart LUVBKG

Nov 6, 2010

Jane, I was going through your recipes and found this one. Its very similar to how I can my dills. I use a pepper call Bhut Jolokia pepper. I grow them my self, it has to be started very early in the year and transplanted outside when it gets warmer. I have saved two of the plants to see if I can over winter them. The peppers really make a difference in the spiciness and flavor of the pickles. Yummy!!

JoSele Swopes JODIE57