Pickling Spice (Spicy)

Pickling spice is a blend of spices lends warm & spicy flavor to pickled ingredients. Elevate
 the taste profile, develop and enrich their flavors. Pickling process keeps the foods in a
 crisp and crunchy texture and expand their shelf life, improve the nutritional value.
 Pickling spice can also be used to preserve fruits and vegetables or to season stews, 
sea foods and meat dishes. 

Ingredients: Dill Seed, Coriander Seeds, Chili Peppers, Allspice, Bay Leaf, Cinnamon, 
Cloves, Yellow Mustard Seed. 

Simple recipe to make Cucumber Pickles:
Pack 4lb sliced pickling cucumber into a sterilized glass jar. In a saucepan put 3 cups of water, 2-3 cups vinegar, 1/4cup pickling salt, stir. Put pickling spice mix (1-2tsp per quart) in a cheesecloth spice bag, add to the mix and boil until all the salt dissolves. Discard the spice bag, strain and pour the brine mixture over the jarred pickles. Following safe canning processes, process in a water bath or store in the refrigerator.