Garlic Dill Pickles & Birthday BASH giveaway!

Hubby loves pickles!  I mean he reallllllllllllllllllllllly loooooooooooooooves pickles.  Unfortunately I am deathly allergic to mustard and just don't make them enough for him because of my allergy.  But, the other day we ran across some awesome pickling cucumbers at the local farmers market produce and he begged (realllllly) and promised all sorts of fun stuff  (I'm blushing) so I gave in and made my super secret Garlic Dill Pickles for him.  Now I'm going to share them with you.

GARLIC DILL PICKLES
2 pounds cucumber pickles, washed
2 cups white vinegar
4 cups water
1/4 cup pickling salt
2 tablespoons fresh dill*
1 tablespoon mustard seeds
2 large cloves garlic, minced 
1 large Vidalia onion, whole

• Chill the cucumbers in a bowl of ice water for 30 minutes or more.
• In a medium non-reactive pan heat the water, vinegar and salt over a medium high heat until the salt is dissolved. Set aside to cool.
• Cut cucumbers to desired size.
• Place cucumbers in large jar.
• Stir garlic, dill and mustard seed into vinegar mix.
• Pour cooled mixture over pickles.
• Place whole onion on top to weight pickles to keep them submerged.
• Set in a cool place for 3-4 days at room temperature and then move to refrigerator for crisp pickles.

*you can use dehydrated, but I prefer not to when at all possible - fresh gives such a better flavor!

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Maybe you need a new spice rack like this one? How can you get it for free? By joining in on this giveaway of course!

The winner receives a $60 gift certificate to use
as they wish on any of the CSN.stores websites.

Kamenstein 16 Jar Acadia Wood Spice Rack

THE RULES

• Answer one question - What is your favorite kitchen appliance color?
• You can earn an extra entry by blogging about this contest. Come back and leave a 2nd entry with the link.
• You can earn another entry by becoming a follower of OUR KRAZY KITCHEN. Come back and leave a comment.
• You can earn another entry by signing up to be a guest host.  Your guest host piece would need to be completed and in place before the deadline.  We would then schedule it into our time slots available over the next 2 months.
• No entries after 11:30 pm Pacific Time Sunday, 6/27.
• Winner will be selected at random and announced Wednesday, June 30th.
• Good luck!

Disclosure: I did not receive any type of compensation for this post. CSN stores is sponsoring this giveaway and will handle prize fulfillment. All opinions are my own and I was not influenced to post them.