INGREDIENTS
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Make 5 quarts
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5½ cups water
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3½ cups white or champagne vinegar
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2 tablespoons pickling or kosher salt
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1 tablespoon sugar for tart pickles; 2 tablespoons of sugar for a sweeter pickle
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5 teaspoons dill seeds
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10 dill sprigs
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5 garlic cloves
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25 pickling cucumbers blossom end trimmed (each cuke about 4 inches long)