4) Holland State Park Beach: with an expansive, sandy beach on Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa, each with their own campgrounds. 5) CityFlatsHotel: a sister property to the CityFlats in Downtown Grand Rapids, this is hands down the hippest hotel you will find in any of Michigan's lakefront communities, guaranteed.
Keep the jars in the hot water until you fill them with pickles. If the recipe calls for presterilized jars, boil the jars completely submerged in water for 10 minutes before turning down the heat. In a separate small container, heat the lids (flat discs) in hot, but not boiling water.
Directions. 1  Add 1 minced or pressed clove of garlic and a few springs of dill to the bottom of each jar. 2  Cut the cucumbers into spears or whatever shape you like. 3  In a large liquid measuring cup or pitcher, combine the water, vinegar, and salt. * The dill pictured here is pickling dill.