INGREDIENTS
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Equipment
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Clean, gallon-sized glass jar or ceramic crock
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Gallon-sized plastic bag or fitted crock weights
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Ingredients
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1 handful clean grape, oak or sour cherry leaves (optional)
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Approximately 6 pounds of 4- to 5-inch unwaxed pickling cucumbers (preferably freshly picked), scrubbed and rinsed
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Peeled cloves from 2 to 3 heads of garlic
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2 quarts water
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1 cup cider vinegar
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6 tbsp unrefined sea salt or pickling salt
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1/4 cup dill seed or 2 handfuls dill fronds
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