Okra pickles
6 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
3½ | pounds | Small okra pods |
4 | Cloves garlic | |
2 | smalls | Hot peppers, cut in half |
3 | cups | Water |
3 | cups | Vinegar |
⅓ | cup | Canning salt |
2 | teaspoons | Dill seed |
Directions
Pack okra firmly into hot jars, leaving ¼ inch head space. Put a garlic clove and half a pepper in each jar. Combine water, vinegar, salt and dill seed and bring to a boil. Pour hot liquid over okra, leaving ¼ inch head space. Remove air bubbles. Adjust caps.
Process 15 minutes in boiling water bath. Yield: about 4 pints.
Note: When cutting hot peppers or seeding, use rubber gloves to prevent burning hands.
From: The Ball Blue Book Shared By: Pat Stockett