Title: Homemade pickling spice
 Categories: Canning, Spices, Master mix, Lookalikes
      Yield: 1 Recipe
 
      2 T  Bay leaves
      1 T  Cardamon seeds
      1 T  Dried ginger root
      1    Stick of cinnamon
  1 1/2    Whole dried chili peppers
      2 T  Mustard seed
      1 T  Whole allspice
      1 T  Peppercorns
      1 T  Coriander
 
  Crush bayleaves.  If you have cardamon in a pod, pound it with a
  mortar and pestle to extract seeds.  Also pound dried ginger root and
  break cinnamon stick into small pieces to distribute flavors.  Dried
  chilies can be broken or crushed into small pieces.
  
  Combine bay leaves, cardamon seeds, ginger, cinnamon, chili peppers,
  mustard seeds, allspice, coriander and peppeprcorns.  Blend and store
  in an airtight container.  Use in sweet gherkins and other pickle
  recipes.