It never fails. Add garlic, dill seeds, dill, hot pepper, mustard seed, and alum. Don’t skimp on the alum ~ it’s one secret of crispy pickles. Add more peppers to this dill pickle recipe if you want – ...

Got a bumper crop of cukes, beans or other veggies in your garden? Time to start making pickled vegetables! Pickling is a ...

Place a dill head (or fronds) into each sterilised jar. Add a teaspoon of dill and mustard seeds and a garlic clove to each jar. Put the vinegar, 200ml/7fl oz water and the sugar in a large saucepan.

As you work, add the garlic and fresh herbs ... against botulism and other food-borne disease. This Universal Pickle Recipe uses vinegar for acidity, and it’s one of a class known as “vinegar ...

In the USA, pickled cucumbers and gherkins are flavoured with dill; in India, it is used as a vegetable in regional dishes. It is combined with yoghurt and soured cream in Greece and Turkey ...

Fried pickles might seem like a snack you have to pick up on the go, but they can be simple to make right in your own home ...

If you’ve got a garden and you’ve been having a bumper crop like Jacob, he’s got a way that you can keep enjoying your summer ...

Here are three ways to brighten up a meal with pickles.

Judges chose the best pickles at the Third Annual Pickle-Off competition at the Four Sisters Farmers Market in Minneapolis.

The best results in preserving come when fruits, herbs and vegetables are harvested at their peak. Toss or compost any that ...