Ingredients
1 peck wax beans
4 quarts water
1 cup salt
2 large stalks dill
1/2 ounce black peppercorns
6 bay leaves
6 grape or cherry leaves
1 cup vinegar
Method
Remove strings and cook beans in boiling salt water 5 to 7 minutes. (1 teaspoon salt to 1 quart boiling water.) Drain and pack in layers in a crock, add a few peppers, dill and bay leaf, repeat, covering to layer well with dill and adding grape and cherry leaves.