Pickled Banana Peppers

Total Time: 24 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 quarts banana peppers
• 1 1/2 cups pickling salt
• water
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
• 2 cloves garlic
• 10 cups vinegar (5% acidity)

Recipe

• 1 wash peppers-cut two slits into each pepper and place in a large glass container.
• 2 dissolve salt in 16 cups water and pour over peppers and then let stand 12-18 hours in a cool place.
• 3 drain peppers, rinse and drain again.
• 4 in a large stainless or enamel pot combine 2 cups water with the vinegar, sugar, horseradish and garlic.
• 5 bring to a boil.
• 6 reduce heat and boil gently, uncovered for 15 minutes.
• 7 at this point every window in your house should be open.
• 8 remove garlic cloves.
• 9 pack peppers snugly into a hot jar to within 3/4 inch of top rim.
• 10 add boiling vinegar mixture to cover peppers leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• 11 seal and process 15 min in a boiling water bath.
• 12 cool for 24 hours and check seals.