Grandpa's Hippie Pickle Recipe

Put ingredients at the bottom of pickling jars, add cucumbers and screw on jar lid. Boil filled jars until they seal (lid will have downward pressure) and enjoy 6 weeks later.

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Step 1

Put in bottom of each jar:

Step 2

1 Grape Leaf

Step 3

1 head dill weed

Step 4

1/2 clove garlic, sliced (One large clove is about right)

Step 5

8 peppercorns

Step 6

2 dried Arbol peppers

Step 7

1 teaspoon pickling spice

Step 8

For the brine:

Step 9

4 cups vinegar

Step 10

8 cups water (enough for 6 jars well packed pickles)

Step 11

10 tablespoons (200 grams) salt

Step 12

Notes:

Step 13

Standard 20 pound lug of pickling cucumbers will make 18 qts pickles