Dill Pickles

My csa offered a dill pickle kit a few month ago. It included pickling cucumbers, dill, garlic and bay leaves. We used a recipe from here. The trick to making dill pickles is that they need to sit in brine for about three weeks. This is that we got in the box.

First the cucumbers were cleaned.

Then trimmed.

They needed a large container, a stock pot was all I had that could hold them.

Next the brine and everything was added.

Then it was weighted down with some water filled jars.

And covered with towels. The pickles are supposed to stay cool. At this point my house smelled like dill pickles and would do so for the next few weeks.

Eventually white scum appeared, this is a good sign and means things are working, however the scum has to be removed.

Once the pickled and fermented long enough they were put in jars and canned. They have received rave reviews for being very good.