Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 qt. sliced medium cucumbers (unpeeled)
1 Tbsp. alum (powdered)
4 medium white onions, sliced
2 large green peppers, chopped
3 cloves garlic (whole)
1/3 c. coarse salt (ice cream salt)
5 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed
1 1/2 tsp. mustard seed
3 c. vinegar

Preparation

Put cucumbers, onions, peppers, whole garlic and alum in large bowl.
Add salt and stir well; cover with crushed ice and let stand 3 hours.
Don't cover the crushed ice and cucumber mixture. After 3 hours, drain the mixture and rinse well.
Place in pot, then add sugar, turmeric, celery seed, mustard seed and vinegar. Heat just to a boil, but do not boil.
Seal in jars.
Will make 8 pints.