sun dill pickles

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67 Pinches
Copemish, MI
Updated on Aug 24, 2012

Got from cousin who got it from in-laws. She says its been around for over 4 generations.

prep time 15 Min
cook time
method ---
yield 1 Gallon

Ingredients

  • 6 1/2 cups cold water
  • 3 1/4 cups white wine vinegar
  • 2/3 cup pickling salt
  • 1 teaspoon alum (heaping makes them crisp)
  • 2 - stem and flower of dill plant
  • 1-2 - clove garlic
  • - enough pickles to fill gallon jar or jars

How To Make sun dill pickles

  • Step 1
    Place a stem and flower of fresh dill and 1 or more garlic cloves in bottom of jar. Pack pickles in jar.
  • Step 2
    Mix together well cold water,white vinegar,pickling salt and alum then pour mixture over pickles. Fill jar to the top with mixture top pickles with another stem of dill
  • Step 3
    Place in a sunny location for 3 days. Refridgerate and enjoy!!!
  • Step 4
    I have had people tell me they will last a whole year if refriderated. If you don't have a gallon jar divide it up among quart jars.
  • Step 5
    I know I posted 24 hrs but the list of times did not go up to 3 days. Sorry!

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