Unfermented Pickle Recipe

This recipe was taken from the German language Web site Spreewald-Info.com and translated into English.

Spreewald Unfermented Pickle Recipe:

Take 6.6 lb (3kg) of small, crunchy cucumbers and put them into three screw-cap glasses.

Put into every glass, on top of the cucumbers:

- 1-2 tea spoons of mustard seed
- Some fresh, chopped dill
- 1 chopped onion
- 6 black pepper kernels
- 2 pimento kernels
- Some tarragon (optional)
- 1/4 of a bay leave (optional)

Separately, boil shortly the following ingredients in a pot:

- 4.2 cups (0.26 gallons or 1 liter) of 10% vinegar
- 1.3 gallons (5 liter) of water
- 2 hands full of salt
- 1.1 lb (500 gr) of sugar

Let this mix cool down and then poor it on top of the cucumbers until the cucumbers are covered completely. Put the glasses in a cooker and boil for 10 to 15 minutes.