Categories: pickles-

Ingredients

• 4 dozen firm cucumbers, about 3 inches long
• 6 cups cider vinegar
• 3 quarts water
• 1/3 cup coarse salt
• 12 heads dill
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 6 pieces alum (size of a pea) or about 1 1/2 tsp. powdered alum

Directions

1. Scrub cucumbers with a brush, rinse well and pack into hot sterilized jars.
2. heat vinegar, water and salt until salt is dissolved.
3. Stuff 2 heads of dill and a piece of garlic and alum into each jar, (or 1/4 tsp. powdered alum)
4. Fill each jar with hot brine. Seal at once. Store in cool place.

5. makes 6 quarts

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