Dilled Green Beans

Ingredients

• 4 lbs fresh green beans or 4 lbs yellow beans, about
• 3 12 cups distilled white vinegar
• 3 cups bottled water
• 3 tablespoons pickling salt or 3 tablespoons kosher salt
• 14 cup sugar
• 3 bunches fresh dill, rinsed and stemmed (1/2 bunch per jar)
• 6 -12 cloves garlic, peeled and halved (1 or 2 per jar)
• 6 baby carrots, halved lengthwise (2 halves per jar)
• 6 small serrano chilies, rinsed and stemmed (1 whole chile per jar)
• 1 medium onion, cut into 6 1/4 inch slices (1 slice per jar)
• 1 medium lemon, cut in 6 1/8 inch slices and seeded (1 slice per jar)
• 6 medium bay leaves or 12 small bay leaves (1 or 2 per jar)
• 36 whole black peppercorns (6 per jar)
• 18 whole green peppercorns (3 per jar)
• 18 whole pink peppercorns (3 per jar, pretty) (optional)
• 6 whole juniper berries (1 per jar) (optional)
• 14 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 14 teaspoon dill seed