Old Fashioned Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

30 to 36 cucumbers (3 to 4 inches long)
8 c. water
5 c. vinegar (5 to 6% acidity)
1/2 c. plus 2 Tbsp. pickling salt
6 cloves garlic, peeled
1 Tbsp. mustard seed
12 heads fresh dill

Preparation

Wash cukes; cut 1/4-inch slice from blossom end of each.
Mix water, vinegar and salt in Dutch oven; heat to boiling.
Place one head of dill, one clove garlic and 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed in each of six quart jars.
Pack cukes in jar and top with another dill head, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
Cover with boiling brine and leave 1/2 inch headspace.
Seal jars; process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.
Do not open for at least 3 weeks.