Okra Pickles

Okra pickles are my favorite. All across the South the recipes are just about the same. This recipe looks simple, but in fact the pickles are time- consuming to prepare because you must tightly pack the wide-mouthed jars so that the stem ends alternate up and down (both to fill the jar and to keep the okra from floating to the top). The beauty of this recipe is that the quantity of liquid just fills each jar so that the okra pods sit in no more than they can absorb. Let them rest for two mo