Cucumber "Dafne" F1

* Unusual pickling of cucumbers.
Ingredients: for a three-litre jar, you need 1.5 kg of cucumbers, 50 g of dill, 20 g of garlic, horseradish, celery, parsley, parsnip and black currant leaves, 100 g of salt (3 tablespoons).
1. Prepare the brine in advance: boil 1.5 litres of water, dropping all the indicated spices and salt into it. Boil and let the brine brew for 5-7 days for fermentation and strain.
2. Rinse cucumbers and pour cold water for 6 hours.
3. Place the cucumbers tightly in a sterile jar, boil the brine and pour over the cucumbers. Roll up and immediately put in a cool place (the cucumbers will then retain their green colour).

* Cucumbers pickled with apples or sweet peppers.
Ingredients: for 2 kg of cucumbers, half a kilogram of apples or bell peppers, 1 litre of water, 50 g of salt and sugar, 10 cherry leaves, 5 oak leaves, 5 lemongrass leaves (if any)
1. Pour boiling water over apples and cucumbers (if you use sweet pepper, then put it whole as well).
2. Put all the products tightly in a three-litre jar, add all the leaves and pour boiling brine three times.
3. To prepare the brine, add salt and sugar to a litre of boiling water. Pour, drain, boil, pour again, drain and repeat again.
4. Roll up and cool slowly under the covers.
Store in a cool place.