Vi's Church Pickles

 This recipe comes from Les' aunt Vi.  They are what we call church pickles. The pickle juice in the jar gets cloudy. Ladies would always bring pickles for church potlucks and the jars were cloudy!  An easy recipe and you can make one jar at a time.

Vi's Pickles

Ingredients:

• Cucumbers
• Dill
• Pickling spice
• 1 dried hot red pepper (can find in pickling spices, 2 if tiny pieces)
• 1 T. Salt
• Garlic (one clove, cut into pieces if large, or two cloves if small)
• 1/4 tsp. alum (her recipe said knife tip fo alum)

Directions:

1. Put dill in bottom of quart jar
2. Add pickling spices, red pepper, salt and garlic.
3. Fill jar with cold water from the faucet.
4. Add alum.
5. Let set on counter until water gets a little cloudy, 2-3 days.  
6. Ready to eat or store.