On 9/22/2016 9:05 AM, Janet B wrote:
>
> A friend told me that placing either a grape leaf or a horseradish
> leaf in the jar along with the spices and cucumbers would keep/make
> them crisp. Has anyone heard of this? I forgot to try it when I was
> canning pickles yesterday.
> Janet US
>

Janet, darling...... One does not can pickles. One cans a cucumber,
which flowers into a pickle.

Any questions?