Aunt Bess' Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/8 tsp. alum
1 clove garlic
2 heads dill
1 hot pepper
cucumbers
1 qt. vinegar
3 qt. water
1 c. pickling salt

Preparation

Put first five ingredients in quart jar.
Boil together last three ingredients.
Pour vinegar mixture over cucumbers in
hot jars and seal.