I did these last year and we loved them. Especially my daughter. I'm doing them again this year but I'll be doing alot more this time for the winter months.

My recipe for Dills has a sprig of Dill, garlic and hot pepper, can I add these to this recipe above? I make in quarts also.

My mom never used alum. She just put the cucumbers dill, grape leaves, and garlic in the jars, and put the solution in after she cooked it. She then let it sit on the cabinet for about 5 days then to the frig. They didn't last as long as the cooked dill. She used wild grape leaves, and it gave it a kosher taste. My friends loved it.

I've been using this recipe for several years now. My family loves them! The past two years I wasn't able to make them so this year I was determined to get them done. I just finished two batches yesterday and today.