Dilled Green Beans

4 pounds green beans -- whole (4 qts)

hot red pepper, crushed -- 1/4 tsp per pint jar

mustard seed -- 1/2 tsp per pint jar

dill seed -- 1/2 tsp per pint jar

garlic -- 1 clove per pint jar

5 cups vinegar

5 cups water

1/2 cup salt

Wash beans thoroughly; drain and cut into lengths to fill pint jars. Pack beans into clean, hot jars; add pepper, mustard seed, dill seed, and garlic.

Combine vinegar, water, and salt; heat to boiling. Pour boiling liquid over beans, filling to 1/2 inch of top of jar. Adjust jar lids.

Process in boiling water for 5 minutes. (Start to count processing time as soon as water in canner returns to boiling.) Remove jars. Set jars upright, several inches apart, on a wire rack to cool.