Instructions: Cut two small slits in each pepper. Wear rubber gloves for hot peppers to preven buring hands. Dissolve salt in 4 quarts water. Pour over peppers and let stand 12 to 18 hours in a cool place. Drain; rinse and drain thoroughly. Combine remaining ingredients; simmer 15 minutes. Remove garlic. Pack peppers into hot Ball jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Pour boiling hot pickling liquid over peppers, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.

Adjust caps. Process half-pints and pints 10 minutes in boiling-water bath.

Yields: about 8 pints.

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