Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

cucumbers
fresh head of dill
1/4 tsp. powdered alum
1 Tbsp. pickling spice or clove garlic (optional)
3 c. water
1 c. vinegar
1/8 c. pickling salt (use only pickling salt)

Preparation

Pack washed, small cucumbers (3 to 4-inches long) as perpendicularly as possible in quart or half-gallon jars.
Before packing cucumbers into jars, put a fresh head of dill in bottom of jar.
Then place one on top.
Put powdered alum in top of each jar.