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.
From left to right: 1  Jar lifting tongs to pick up hot jars. 2  Lid lifter - to remove lids from the pot of boiling water (sterilizing 3  ) Lid - disposable - you may only use them once.  Ring - holds the lids on the jar until after the jars cool - then you don't need 1  them. Canning jar funnel - to fill the jars.