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| NancyM |
Posted - Sep 05 2010 : 12:21:41 PM
Hi All-
I'm wondering if anyone has a good dill pickle recipe. I don't care if it's for sliced or whole. I've used the Ball Blue Book recipe for Dill Pickles the last two years and the pickles have been awful. I have great success with bread & butter pickles, but would like to branch out. TIA!
Nancy
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| NancyM |
Posted - Sep 07 2010 : 2:22:23 PM
Thanks ladies! I am off to do some picking. Unfortunately results will not be immediate due to the nature of pickles
Nancy
Farmgirl Sister #159 |
| Candy C. |
Posted - Sep 06 2010 : 06:43:00 AM
Nancy,
This is from "The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving." These are some of the best Garlic Dill Pickles I have ever eaten!
Traditional Garlic Dill Pickles
16-20 small pickling cucumbers (about 3 lb)
8 cups water
1/4 cup pickling salt
2 cups white vinegar
2 cups water
2 tablespoons pickling salt
4 large heads fresh dill or 2 tablespoons dill seed
4 small garlic cloves
Cut a thin slice from the ends of each cucumber. Place cucumbers in a non-reactive container. Combine 4 cups water and 1/4 cup salt in a large bowl stirring until dissolved. Add 4 cups ice water and pour over cucumbers. Let stand for 12 hours in a cool place; drain and rinse under cold water.
Combine vinegar, 2 cups water and 2 tablespoons salt in a large stainless steel or enamel saucepan and bring to a boil.
Remove hot jars from canner. Place 1 head fresh dill, or 1-1/2 teaspoons dill seed, and 1 clove garlic in each pint jar. Pack cucumbers into jars and pour boiling vinegar mixture over cucumbers to within 1/2 inch of rim. Process for 10 minutes for pint jars and 15 mintues for quart jars* (adjust for altitude in your area).
Makes 4 pint jars.
*Double the amount of dill and garlic in each jar for quart jars.
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
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| sunflowercritters |
Posted - Sep 05 2010 : 1:14:10 PM
Nancy;
Dill Pickle recipe; (this is a family recipe)
12 cups water
4 cups cider vinegar
1 cup pickling salt
1 tsp Alum
1 tsp. tumeric
Bring to boil
put into jars 1 head of dill or 1 tsp dill seed ; 1 garlic clove; cucumbers in diced or slice.
seal and enjoy
farmgirl sister Debra
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