gramma dippolds dill pickles
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I've been eating these since i as a little girl.Now that Gramma has passed it's my job to now make the pickles,which i love doing.We grow the cukes every year they go crazy sometimes and climb up the fence almost to the roof if we don't catch them in time.
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prep time
1 Hr
cook time
1 Hr
method
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yield
Ingredients
- 4-5 quarts canning jars
- 50 small pickling cucumbers
- 5 - heads (the flowering parts)you can also use 1/2 teaspoon dillweed if that's all you have
- 5 cloves garlic peeled
- 1 1/4 teaspoons alum
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup plain salt (not iodized)
- 1 teaspoon picking spice per jar
How To Make gramma dippolds dill pickles
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Step 1To each jar add 1 clove garlic,the dill,1/4 teaspoon alum.Pack the scrubbed cukes into each jar as many as possible,if you'd like you may also cut the cukes into spears or chunks.
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Step 2Add the water,salt,and vinegar to a sauce pan bring to a boil.
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Step 3While this is boiling place the canning jar seals in a small pan of simmering water.They have to be wet to seal the jars.
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Step 4Ladle the brine mixture into the quart jars,right to the very top. Place seal on top of jar and seal with the ring.Place on a dishtowel,let cool no processing needed.
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Step 5If you have cukes leftover just make another batch,i usually triple this recipe.The fronds can also be used i use all the dill parts.It's just the flowers look so much prettier.
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