DAY Recipe

INGREDIENTS

2 cinnamon sticks , broken
1 tablespoon mustard seeds
2 teaspoons black peppercorns
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 teaspoon whole allspice
1 teaspoon juniper berries
1 teaspoon crumbled mace
1 teaspoon dill seeds
4dried bay leaves
1 tablespoon dried ginger (preferably in a whole form)

DIRECTIONS

Mix together all the ingredients.
Store in a small, airtight jar up to 2 months.

You can buy mixed pickling spices at any supermarket, but you may prefer to mix up your own to suit your tasts. Here’s an example:

Makes about 1/2 cup.

INGREDIENTS
one 4-inch cinnamon stick, broken up

6 bay leaves, torn into small [...]

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS
Wash jars in hot suds and rinse in scalding water. Put jars and lids in a kettle and cover completely with hot water. Bring water to a boil, covered, and boil jars 15 minutes from the time that steam emerges from kettle. Turn off heat and let jars stand in hot water. Just before they [...]

The trick to pickling today is to find fresh herring or fresh salted herring. Once you’ve pickled it, use the herring in any favorite recipe, or just mix it as I do, with sour cream, red onion, and dill, to break the fast of Yom Kippur. It will keep for weeks.

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