Pickled Okra

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

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Source: Sothern Living- Louise Osborne

Categories: pickles, relish, salsa

Ingredients

  • 2 lb. small fresh okra
  • 9 small fresh or dried hot peppers
  • 9 garlic cloves
  • 3 Tbsp. dill seeds
  • 4 cups white vinegar (5% acidity)
  • 4 cups water
  • 1/2 cups water
  • 1/2 cup salt
  • 1/4 cup sugar

Directions

  1. Pack okra into 9 hot jars, filling to 1/2 inch from top; place 1 pepper, 1 garlic clove, and 1 Tsp. dill seeds in each jar.
  2. Bring vinegar and next 3 ingredients to a boil over medium-high heat. Pour over okra, filling to 1/2 inch from top. Remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims. Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands.
  3. Process in boiling-water bath 10 minutes.

  4. makes 9 pints.

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