Monday, August 13, 2012

Sweet Pickles (Courtesy of Mel)

ingredients:
- cukes
- fresh dill
- onion, celery, carrot, etc.

pickling liquid:
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp mustard seed
- 1/2 tsp celery seed
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1/4 tsp cayenne


1. cut up veggies and put them in jars with pinches of fresh dill
2. bring liquid to a boil and ladel into jars - fill to about 1/2 inch from the top, screw on lids
3. stand jars on their lids - let sit at room temp for a day then refridgerate

note: the jars fill up pretty quick when you're cramming sliced veggies in, so you don't need a ton of veggies - maybe 4-5 cukes if you're adding some other veggies? The smaller diameter on the cukes the better so you can get more in the jar. Jeff claims he adds garlic but it wasn't in the recipe so I guess throw some garlic in there for good measure ... why not? =o) This should make about 6-8 medium size jars, give or take - it all depends on the size of your jars.

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