Dillybeans

Total Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs green beans (tender, should be the "stringless" type.)
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups distilled vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pickling salt
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 small onions (onions should be peeled and thinly sliced.)
• 8 red hot peppers
• 8 cloves garlic, peeled
• 8 sprigs fresh dill

Recipe

• 1 wash beans and snip off ends.
• 2 discard any that are wilted or discolored.
• 3 in a saucepan combine water, vinegar, pickling salt, sugar, bay leaves, and onions.
• 4 bring liquid to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
• 5 drop beans into boiling water and cook for just 5 minutes.
• 6 they must still be crisp.
• 7 drain immediately and rinse in cold water.
• 8 pack beans upright in 8-ounce jars with a couple of slices of onion.
• 9 add 1 hot pepper, 1 clove garlic, and a sprig of dill to each jar and pour hot vinegar mixture over the beans to overflowing.
• 10 seal immediately.
• 11 note:
• 12 thinly cut carrots or other firm vegetables may be used in place of or in addition to the beans.