Kirby Pickles

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	474ml	White vinegar
2 cups	474ml	Dry white wine
3/4 cup	177ml	Salt
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
4		Dill flowers or sprigs
2 tablespoons	30ml	Caraway seeds
1 teaspoon	5ml	Red pepper flakes
8		Garlic cloves - peeled, and
		Thinly sliced
18		Firm Kirby cucumbers - well washed

Recipe Instructions

In a large enamel-lined pot, combine vinegar, wine, salt, sugar, dill, caraway seeds, red pepper flakes and garlic. Add 4 quarts of water. Place over high heat, and bring to a boil. Immediately turn off heat, and allow mixture to steep for 30 minutes.

Place cucumbers in a very large glass or plastic bowl. Pour vinegar mixture over the cucumbers, and submerge them by placing a plate on them (make sure no air is trapped beneath). Weight plate down with a glass or ceramic pot.

Allow mixture to cool, and refrigerate for at least three days before using.

This recipe yields 18 pickles.

Source:
Lynn Thomas on the Food Forum BB at http://food.bb.prodigy.net/

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