Okra Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 lb. small okra pods
7 cloves garlic
7 small fresh hot peppers
1 qt. water
2 c. vinegar
1/3 c. pickling salt
2 tsp. dill seed

Preparation

Pack okra tightly into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
Place a garlic clove and a hot pepper in each.
Combine water, vinegar, pickling salt and dill seed in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
Pour boiling vinegar mixture over okra, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
Remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims.
Cover at once with metal lids and screw on bands.
Process in boiling water bath 10 minutes.
Yield:
7 pints.