Hi Jeaneen, Here's a recipe that might fit the bill: Title: Pickled Brussels Sprouts Newsgroups: rec.food.preserving From: ma pickle Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 To prepare sprouts, soak for 10 min in a cold brine of 1 TBS salt to 4 cups water to drive out any bugs. Rinse well. Trim/peel to uniform 1" diameter and cut an x in the core to allow brine to penetrate. Into each pint jat place 1 whole dill head, 1 clove fresh garlic, 1/4 tsp crushed dried red pepper (I often leave out the red pepper). Prepare brine of 5 cups vinegar, 5 cups water, 1/2 cup less 1 Tbs pickling salt) and bring to boil, keeping hot. Pack spices into jars, then pack sprouts tightly into jars to withing 3/4" from the top. Add boiling brine the 1/2" headspace. Remove any trapped air with non-metallic utensil, wirp top of jar, add lid/band. Process in a BWB for 10 minutes. Happy Cooking, Betsy recipelink.com
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