Joe,
We just rinsed the bird droppings and the road dust off. The
enzynes would be deactivated by boiling or soaking in alcohol.
We placed one leaf halfway down in a 1 or 2 quart jar. This
was for whole cucumbers, 1 inch by 2 to 3 inches in size, in July and
August. It was nice because otherwise those pickles got so soft and
soggy I would have fed them to the hogs if they were mine.
Stanley Rice was the MSU pickle man at the time, but I can't
recall the dept.head.
Paul S. twix Baltimore and D.C. 5/4 inch rain last night