More often than not dill pickles have a dill flower in the jar; mostly for the addition of dill’s soothing aniseed flavour, but they do make the jars look pretty too. Dill flowers are best ...
Return the cucumber to the bowl, add the sugar, vinegar and dill and mix together ... but otherwise use ordinary tongs. You can make a smaller quantity of this pickle to fit a 500ml/18fl oz ...