Old Fashioned Pickled Okra

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 10 pints okra, small, tender (4 pounds)
• 3/4 cup salt
• 8 cups vinegar (5% acidity)
• 1 cup water
• 10 hot peppers (red or green fine)
• 10 garlic cloves
• dill weed, if desired (seed fine too)

Recipe

• 1 boil 10 pint canning jars for 15 minutes. leave in hot water until ready for use.
• 2 wash okra with a vegetable brush. leave short stem. if you prick each pod several times with a needle or fine-pointed knife, pickling solution will enter pod more quickly. this may help prevent floating.
• 3 put pods in hot jars with stems alternating up and down for a better pack. place one pepper and one clove of garlic in each jar. add 1 teaspoon dill seed, if desired. heat vinegar, salt and water to boiling. pour into each jar, covering okra.
• 4 remove air bubbles, wipe sealing edge and close with new jar lids following manufacturer's directions.
• 5 process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes at a simmering temperature (180 degrees). immediately remove from water, cool. store for a month before using to develop flavor.