Pickled Yellow Beans (GF)

From the kitchen of:  Marilyn Groneman

INGREDIENTS:

Each quart of beans gets:

• 1/2 teaspoon hot red pepper

• 1 teaspoon whole mustard seed

• 1 teaspoon dill seed

• 2 cloves garlic

• 2 pickling onions (or Pearl onion)

Pickling Solution: for about 5 quarts of beans

• 5 cups apple cider vinegar (mom says it has to be Heinz)

• 5 cups water

• 1/2 cup salt (plain salt, or pickling salt -- no iodine)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Mix vinegar, water, salt, and boil

2. Pack beans into quarts

3. Put flavorings into each jar (pepper, mustard seed, dill seed, garlic, onions)

4. Pour in vinegar/salt/water mixture to fill up the jars.

5. Process 25-30 minutes (meaning, boiling for 25-30 minutes.  Timing starts when it starts to boil.

6. After 25-30 minutes, turn off stove, let it stand for 10 minutes.

7. If the jars are doing a "big" boiling type thing inside when you pull them out, put them back in for another 10 minutes.

MAKES: 5 quarts