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      Title: GARLIC DILL PICKLES - COUNTRY LIVING
 Categories: Preserves, Pickles
      Yield: 2 Quarts
 
      2 tb Mixed pickling spices
      3 c  White distilled vinegar
      3 c  Water (if the tap water in
           -your home is hard or high
           -in mineral content, use
           -bottled water to avoid
           -getting shriveled
           -or dark pickles)
      6 tb Sugar
      6 tb Pickling or coarse
           -(kosher) salt
     10    4-inch-long pickling
           -cucumbers
      4    Fresh or dried dill seed
           -heads
      4    Cloves garlic
      4    Small dried red chili
           -peppers
 
  1. In small piece of double-thick cheesecloth, tie pickling spices to
  form a small bag. In stainless-steel 3-quart saucepan, heat spice
  bag, vinegar, water, sugar, and salt to boiling. Reduce heat to low,
  cover, and simmer vinegar mixture, or brine, 15 minutes.
  
  2. Meanwhile, prepare 2 wide-mouth 1-quart canning jars and caps for
  processing. Halve cucumbers lengthwise. Pack lightly into hot jars;
  place 2 dill seed heads, 2 cloves garlic, and 2 red peppers into each
  jar.
  
  3. Discard spice bag from brine. Ladle simmering brine over cucumbers,
  leaving 1/2 inch space at the top of jar. Keep brine simmering while
  filling both jars. Place small knife or metal spatula between cu-
  cumbers and inside of jar. Move knife around jar to release any air
  bubbles that may exist. Sea] jars with caps.
  
  4. Place jars on rack in 12-quart canner filled with boiling water
  (water should cover top of jars by an inch); cover canner and process
  jars 15 minutes. Cool jars; label and store in cool, dark place at
  least 2 months before serving. Store opened jar of pickles in the
  refrigerator.
  
  Nutrition information per pickle half-protein gram; fat: 1 grain;
  carbohydrate: 1 gram; fiber. @58 gram; sodium: 741 milligrams;
  cholesterol: 0; calories: 5.
  
  Country Living/May/94 Scanned & fixed by DP & GG
 
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