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Quick Pickles

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Quick Pickles

Ingredients

  • ½ cup white vinegar
  • cup pickling salt
  • 1 tsp coriander
  • ½ tsp mustard seed
  • ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 tbsp black peppercorns
  • 2 tbsp dill seed
  • ½ tsp dried garlic
  • 20 small pickling cucumbers
  • 6 pint mason jars

Instructions

  • Put the salt, vinegar, coriander, garlic, mustard, red pepper, and pepper corns in a 2 quart pitcher.
  • Fill the pitcher with cold water and stir well. Set aside to let it blend
  • Cut off both ends of the cucumbers and then cut into spears (quarters)
  • Pack the cucumbers into the mason jars pretty tightly – they hold about 3 or so cucumbers per jar
  • Put 1 tsp of dill see into each jar
  • Make sure all the salt has dissolved in the brine. If not stir some more and let it sit for 5 minutes.
  • Pour the contents of the pitcher through a strainer into another container – keeping the brine!
  • Spoon the seed/herbs into the mason jars. Try to get a bit of everything into each jar
  • Fill the jars with the brine to about ¼ inch from the rim. Make sure the cucumbers are covered
  • Put the lids on the Mason jars tightly and shake each jar to mix up the contents
  • Put the jars in the refrigerator for at least 3-4 days before tasting.