With garlic, chiles, and MSG.
From a box sold in Martinez, California.
Pickles from Kathy Shiroma
3 lbs. pickling cucumbers
2 cups water
1/3 cup salt
Scrub cucumbers. Cut in 1/2s or 1/4s. Soak for 1 hour in above solution.
Drain, then use:
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. Ajinomoto
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 3 dried chiles
- 1/3 cup sugar
Soak overnight.