Sweet Pickle Chips - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 lb. small cucumbers
1 large sweet red pepper, chopped
1 onion, sliced and separated into rings
2 cloves garlic
3/4 c. pickling salt
2 qt. crushed ice
4 c. sugar
3 1/2 c. vinegar (5% acidity)
2 Tbsp. mustard seed

Preparation

Wash cucumbers; trim ends.
Cut cucumbers into 1/4-inch slices.
Combine cucumber slices, red pepper, onion and garlic in a
large
bowl;
add salt and stir well.
Pack crushed ice over cucumbers;\tcover
and
let stand 24 hours.
Drain well. Rinse cucumber
mixture
several\ttimes
in cold water; drain well. Remove
and discard garlic.
Pack cucumber mixture into hot, sterilized jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.