Hot Banana Peppers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pt. water
1 qt. vinegar (white)
2 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. pickling salt
1 tsp. celery seed
fresh dill
garlic cloves
1/2 tsp. alum per quart jar

Preparation

Bring to boil.
Wash quart jars; boil lids and rings. Cut hot banana peppers in half; remove seeds and wash.
In clean hot quart jars, pack peppers, fresh dill, a couple cloves of garlic and 1/2 teaspoon alum.
Pour hot liquid in jars.
Wipe tops of jars and seal with hot lids.
The peppers are tangy, but not real hot. Great with a sandwich.