Claussen-Like Refrigerator Pickles
- 3 cups distilled water
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon non-iodine kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon minced dried garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
- 2 -4 black peppercorns
- 2 -4 whole allspice
- 1/2 - 1 whole dried cayenne pepper
- 1 pinch dill seed
- 1 pinch dill weed
- 1 pinch turmeric
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar or 1 whole carrot
- washed cucumber
- 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.
water, white vinegar, noniodine kosher salt, garlic, yellow mustard seeds, cayenne pepper, dill, dill weed, turmeric, sugar, cucumber
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/claussen-like-refrigerator-pickles-264500 (may not work)