Pickled

I was invited to play sous chef to some pickling of a gorgeous pile of okra straight from a friend's garden. I was in charge of snipping the stems, organizing piles of small and large, and peeling the garlic before we arranged them in the sterilized Ball jars. Then we threw in some hot peppers (green and red), chives, dill, lemon, peppercorns and poured the hot rice vinegar and wine mixture over them.

Patience - two+ weeks before we can snack. Aren't they gorgeous?