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    Preserve your late-spring harvest with an all-purpose brine that yields lip-smacking pickles. Salty, tangy, and slightly sweet, they make great Father's Day gifts when placed in jars adorned with our clip art designs printed on clear decal sheets. You can also adjust the brine to suit your dad's tastes. If he drinks Gibsons, for example, add a dash of dry vermouth to a jar of pearl onions. Clear window decals, 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches, $8 for 3; avery.com. Gala cocktail shaker, $20, and Waterman martini glass, $22 for 4, by Martha Stewart Collection; macys.com. Hermetic storage jar, 25 oz., $4; containerstore.com. Mold jar, 1/2 liter, $18.40 for 6, and Tall mold jar, 1/5 liter, $15.25 for 6; weckjars.com.
    Martha Stewart Living, June 2011
    • Yield Makes 2 cups
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    Ingredients

    • 2 cups vegetables (peeled pearl onions, small radishes, or sugar snap peas)
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
    • 1 tablespoon sugar
    • 2 teaspoons pickling spices (penzeys.com)
    • 1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
    • 1/2 cup white vinegar

    Directions

    1. Place vegetables in a jar just large enough to hold them when packed. Bring 1 cup water, salt, sugar, pickling spices, and peppercorns to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat; stir in vinegar. Pour over vegetables to submerge. Seal jar; refrigerate radishes and peas overnight, onions for at least 3 days.

    Recipe Reviews

    • jgalt
      15 May, 2011

      Dear divaquilts, to get to the clip art, click on "Expand" under the beginning of the recipe, then click on the highlighted "clip art designs" and the labels will appear.

    • divaquilts
      10 May, 2011

      I was hoping to get the template for these pickle labels to go with the recipe, however when I followed the instructions in my new issue of Martha Stewart Living, the label templates are not available as promised. Hopefully, this will be fixed soon? Great idea!

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