Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 lb. cucumbers
1/2 gal. vinegar
5 lb. sugar
1 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 Tbsp. celery seed
1 tsp. turmeric
3 Tbsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground red pepper
2 c. lime (can be found in canning section of grocery store)

Preparation

Wash cucumbers; slice crosswise.
Soak the sliced cucumbers in a mixture of 2 gallons of water to 2 cups of lime for 24 hours. Drain and rinse cucumbers.
Remove all lime residue.
Soak the cucumbers in clear water for 3 hours.
Heat vinegar, spices (tied up in a cloth), sugar and salt.
Pour over cucumbers.
Let stand overnight.
Boil for 25 minutes the next morning; place in sterile, hot jars and seal.