Gherkins like my father made, a recipe from Michel Troisgros on the Worldwide Gourmet

Ingredients

• - 1 kg (2 1/4 lb.) tiny Pickles
• - 500 ml (2 cups) white vinegar
• - 2 large handfuls of coarse salt
• - 10 small onions
• - 2 cloves of garlic
• - 1 sprig of tarragon
• - 1 bay leaf
• - 1 sprig of fresh thyme
• - 3 cherry tomatoes
• - A pinch of cracked pepper
• - 3 cloves