Lizzie’s Dill Pickles

A handwritten recipe for Lizzie’s Dill Pickles—with a hot three-ingredient brine, one line of directions, and, curiously enough, no dill in sight.

Recipe Bio

Lizzie’s Dill Pickles get straight to business: cucumbers, a boiling salt-and-vinegar brine, and instructions to pour, seal, and be done with it. There’s just one curious omission—despite the name, Lizzie never actually mentions dill. Maybe it went without saying, or maybe Lizzie simply expected you to know what you were doing.

Recipe Transcript

1 cup salt
2 qts. water
1 qt. vinegar

Let the liquid come to boiling then pour over cucumbers & seal.

Dill Pickles
Lizzie