dad's garlic dill pickles

How To Make dad's garlic dill pickles

• Step 1
  scrub cucumbers with vegetable brush
• Step 2
  clean and sanitize a 1 gallon jar for pickles or use a crock
• Step 3
  mix vinegar, water, salt, and pickling spice in a none reactive bowl until salt is dissolved. ( I cold brine my pickles )
• Step 4
  start packing jar a few cloves of peeled garlic, dill, cucumbers, continue layers until jar is packed
• Step 5
  ladle cold brine into jar making sure to get plenty of the pickling spice in.
• Step 6
  loosely cap jar and leave sit for 3 days to a week before giving them a test.
• Step 7
  I do not refrigerate mine but you can after they have sat out to pickle if you choose.
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  Step 8
  the batch in photo was put up in a 2 1/2 gallon container. Like I said I really like pickles. The above recipe is for 1 gallon. You can adjust the amounts for larger or smaller batch's. Just remember water to vinegar ratio is 3:1.
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