Pickled Cocktail Okra

Ingredients

• 2 lbs fresh okra
• 5 hot red peppers or 5 hot green peppers
• 5 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 quart distilled vinegar
• 1/2 cup water
• 6 tablespoons pickling salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons celery seeds
• 2 1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds

Recipe

• 1 wash okra and pack into clean jars with screw tops.
• 2 into each jar put 1 red or green hot pepper, 1 clove of garlic, 1/2 teaspoon celery seed and 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed.
• 3 in a saucepan, combine vinegar, water & pickling salt; bring to a boil, then pour over the okra, filling almost to the top but leaving a half inch "headspace".
• 4 wipe rims of jars with clean cloth then place lids and rings on the jars and seal.
• 5 process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes then remove and allow to cool.
• 6 if you are in an area which is above 1000 feet in elevation, you may need to process longer or you may check with the usda's guidelines for canning & processing at their website.
• 7 these pickled okra need to set up for 2 months.