Fireballs (pickled green cherry tomatoes)
(seven pints)
1 gallon green cherry tomatoes
7 garlic cloves
7 hot red peppers
7 heads dill
1 quart water
1/2 cup pickling salt
2 quarts white vinegar
Combine water, salt & vinegar. Bring to a boil. To each jar add a garlic
clove, hot pepper, and head of dill. Pack tomatoes into jars, pour hot
brine, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles, adjust lids and
process ten minutes in boiling water bath.
Warning; these tomatoes may squirt when bitten.
[Homestead] fireballs,
keith bellinger, 01/02/2009