My cucumbers and soak in cold water for 3-4 hours. Then in a quart jar, put a little onion, garlic, allspice, Bay leaf. Then put in a jar of pickles... Prepare the marinade. Generally, if you follow the recipe from the magazine, the cucumbers should immediately pour boiling marinade and sterilize 10 min., BUT I don't... I double pour cucumbers with boiling water and only then (the third time) marinade. Roll, but not wrapped, allowed to cool banks directly, and the next day removed the jars in the cellar! Pickles turn out crispy and delicious! Try...