Ida Craver'S Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. vinegar
2 qt. water
1 c. salt
cucumbers
dill
hot peppers
garlic
alum
grape leaves

Preparation

Boil together the vinegar, salt and water. Slice cucumbers in half lengthwise.
Drop in vinegar mixture until color changes. Pack in jars.
Add to each jar 2 heads of dill, 1 small hot pepper, 1/8 teaspoon of alum and 1 grape leaf.
Pour hot vinegar over pickles.
Seal.