I do all my canning with well water - hard as he** but great stuff. From your description of your "chloramines and other junk" I'd buy a couple jugs of purified.

Dave

Thanks Dave,

Seems I had seen some discussion regarding the potential of "hard" water to effect the efficacy of the vinegar secondary to the waters pH, and my tap water does have a rahter high pH....

Tom

You can improve the quality of pickled okra by getting seed for an adapted variety. Granny Franklin is available from Sandhill Preservation and is the best multipurpose okra that I have grown. It is one of the very few that makes topnotch pickled okra.

...getting seed for an adapted variety. Granny Franklin....

Thanks, I love Sandhill, I'll check it out :-)

Tom

I'm also in Florida. I've used distilled water for pickles before.