Dill Pickles
Arwilda kept three different recipes with this title.
Alum-and-whole-garlic pint recipe
Decorative Recipe Tin card
Ingredients
- 3 qts. water
- 1 pint vinegar
- ½ lb. salt
- ½ Tsp Alum
- Whole garlic
- Dill
Directions
- Boil
- Wash Cukes - I do - pints 3 or 4 dill in each.
- some of the Alum put whole garlic in each can.
- Pour on hot water, etc + seal.
Temperature: Boil; hot water
Equipment: boiling vessel; pint canning containers
Bernice Karr's sliced-cucumber recipe
White Binder page
From Bernice Karr's.
Yield: Brine:
Ingredients
- cucumbers, quantity not stated; brine of 1 cup vinegar, 2 cups water, and 2 tablespoon salt; alum at 1 teaspoon per quart or 1/2 teaspoon per pint; fresh dill heads, one at bottom, middle, and top; optional toe of garlic
Directions
- Slice cucumbers about 1/4 inch thick put in jars.
- Boil Brine and add to jar and seal.
- Method to do.
- Put 1 teaspoon Alum to a quart
- 1/2 teaspoon Alum to pint
- Put: fresh dill head to each qt.
- 1 in bottom, 1 in middle, 1 on top.
- A Toe of garlic may also be added.
Temperature: Boil Brine
Equipment: knife and cutting board or slicer; measuring cups and spoons; saucepan; stirring utensil; pint or quart canning jars; jar funnel or ladle; jar lids and sealing equipment
Notes
- Very Good.
As written
Bernice Karr's
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Whole small-cucumber 3:1 hot-brine recipe
Single-card Dill Pickle set
Ingredients
- 3 qts water
- " vinegar
- 1 cup salt
- 1 [ditto] vinegar; Cucumbers; dill
Directions
- Bring all to boil, pour over Cucumbers in jars with the dill worked in with cucumbers.
- Just wash Cucumbers (small ones) and put in jars, don't heat them in any way except the hot brine poured over them
Temperature: Bring all to boil; don't heat them; hot brine
Equipment: jars
Two-sided Dill Pickles set
Ingredients
- 3 qts water
- 1 qt vinegar
- 1 cup salt
- small cucumbers, quantity unspecified; dill weed, quantity unspecified
Directions
- Bring all to a boil, pour over cucumbers - in jars with the dill weed in with cucumbers.
- First wash cucumbers (small ones) and put in jars, don't heat them in any way - keep the hot brine poured over them.
Temperature: Bring all to a boil; do not heat cucumbers; keep hot brine poured over them
Equipment: washing vessel, brine pot, measuring tools, stirring utensil, jars, and hot-brine pouring tool
Compare the cards
Water, vinegar, and salt brine
- Decorative Recipe Tin card
- 3 quarts water, 1 pint vinegar, 1/2 pound salt
- White Binder page
- 1 cup vinegar, 2 cups water, 2 tablespoons salt
- Single-card Dill Pickle set
- 3 quarts water, 1 quart vinegar, 1 cup salt
Cucumber preparation, alum, dill, and garlic
- Decorative Recipe Tin card
- Washed cucumbers in pints, dill, alum, and whole garlic
- White Binder page
- 1/4-inch cucumber slices, measured alum per jar, three fresh dill heads, optional toe of garlic
- Single-card Dill Pickle set
- Whole small cucumbers and dill; no alum or garlic stated
Hot-brine and closure directions
- Decorative Recipe Tin card
- Boil, pour on hot liquid, and seal
- White Binder page
- Boil brine, add to jar, and seal
- Single-card Dill Pickle set
- Do not heat cucumbers except by pouring hot brine over them; no sealing step stated
3:1 recipe title and dill wording
- Single-card Dill Pickle set
- Dill Pickle; dill worked in with cucumbers; one-sided card
- Two-sided Dill Pickles set
- Dill Pickles; dill weed in with cucumbers; two-sided card
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