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This is what I pickled last night......

Sweets Pickle Recipe

This produced 16 Half gallon jars.

300 cuks (250 med 50 small)
1 3/4 pickling spice
1/2 lbs of onions, 
2 large garlic heads, 
1/4 lbs Jalapeno,
 2 red peppers, 
2 bunches of Dill, 
1/4 lbs yellow hot peppers, 
2 oz Alum

Brine:
15 Quarts water
1 1/2 quarts Apple cider vinegar
3 cups of pickle salts
boil for 10 min 

In each 1/2 gallon jar, start stack in this order:
Layer 1
3 onions
1 Dill blossom
3 slices of jalapeno
1 slice of red pepper
2 garlic cloves

Layer 2 - Pickles med- blossom of Dill
Layer 3
3 onions
1 Dill blossom
3 slices of yellow pepper
1 slice of red pepper
2 garlic cloves

Layer 4 - pickles med and small
Layer 5 - blossom Dill

Then add 3 tsp. of pickling spice on the top and 1/2tsp of Alum.  Fill
with brine to the base of the glass neck rim. (1 1/2 inch below the
surface rim). Wait four weeks. Place a newspaper under the stored
pickles.

Duncan McAlpine
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