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Dilly green beans

Dilly green beans

2 pounds green beans, trimmed

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

4 cloves garlic

4 heads fresh dill

21/2 cups water

21/2 cups white vinegar

1/4 cup salt

Pack beans, lengthwise, into hot Ball jars, leaving 1/4-inch head space. To each pint, add 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1 clove garlic, and 1 head of dill. Combine remaining ingredients and bring to boiling. Pour, boiling hot, over beans, leaving 1/4-inch head space. Adjust caps. Process pints and quarts for 10 minutes in boiling-water bath.

Yield: about 4 pints.

— Vernice Turner, of Oxford