Dill Beans

4 qts of wax beans
1 small stalk or 1/2 stalk of dill
1/2 tsp of peppercorns
1  1/2 bay leaf
2 grape leaves
1 qt water
1/4 Cup Salt
1/4 Cup Vinegar

Cook whole wax beans in salted, boiling water for 5 minutes. Drain, Pack in jars with peppercorns, dill, bay leaves and grape leaves.  Fill jars with boiling water, vinegar and salt.  Cover with dill and allow to stand for two days.  This will keep for two weeks and makes 3 quarts.

Vinegar Pie ( A Recipe of the Early Pioneers)

 1 Cup Vinegar
2 Cups Water
1 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Tbs butter
1/2 Cup flour
Water
1 recipe for plain pastry

Combine vinegar, water and sugar and bring to a boil.  Add butter and stir until it melts.  Mix the flour with a little of the cold water till smooth.  Add slowly to the boiling liquid and stir until thickened.  Line a plate with pastry in criss-cross fashion.  Bake in a hot oven (450 degrees F) for ten minutes; reduce heat to moderate (350 degrees F)  and bake about twenty five minutes.  Makes 1 nine-inch pie.