Italian Pickled Banana Peppers - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 bushel fresh hot hungarian pepper (makes approximately 24 pint jars)
    48 fresh garlic cloves (2 cloves per pint jar)
    1/4 cup canning salt (1/2 tsp per pint jar)
    1/2 cup olive oil (1 tsp per pint jar) or 1/2 cup vegetable oil, if you prefer (1 tsp per pint jar)
    Brine
    4 cups 5% vinegar
    4 cups water
    3 cups sugar
Preparation
    WEARING GLOVES, Wash, core, and cut peppers into approximately 1\" strips. Peel garlic cloves. Pack peppers into jars.
    Place appproximately 5 jars on the counter and pour boiling water into the jars to the rim. Cover with a cookie tin and weight down to hold in the heat of the boiling water. Let stand 5 minutes.
    Pour off boiling water and place 2 cloves of garlic, 1/2 tsp of canning salt, and 1 tsp of oil into jar. Pour boiling brine into jar to approximately 1/2 inch from the top. Place lid on jar and seal with a ring. (Be sure to have lids in a bath of hot water for 5 minutes prior to placing on jar).

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