Ingredients
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3 cups distilled water
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1 cup white vinegar
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1 tablespoon non-iodine kosher salt
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1/2 teaspoon minced dried garlic
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1/4 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
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2 -4 black peppercorns
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2 -4 whole allspice
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1 pinch dill weed
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1 pinch turmeric
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1/4 teaspoon sugar or 1 whole carrot
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washed cucumber
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1 pinch dill seed
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1/2-1 whole dried cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Combine the water, vinegar and salt and bring it to a boil.
- Put the spices and cucumbers in quart jars.
- Pour the brine mixture over the cucumbers and spices in the jars and seal.
- Put them in the refrigerator: Ready in 7-10 days. Keeps 8 - 19 weeks.
- Brine can be re used.
- This recipe can be multiplied by keeping these proportions: 3 parts water, 1 part vinegar and the spices are for a quart jar.