Best Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 qt. sliced cucumbers (40 to 50)
1/2 c. canning salt
ice cubes
2 qt. sliced onions
1 qt. vinegar
4 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. celery seed
2 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 Tbsp. ginger
1 tsp. turmeric

Preparation

Gently stir salt into thinly sliced cucumbers. Cover with ice cubes; let stand 2 to 3 hours.
Add more ice if it melts. Drain. Add onions. Combine remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes.
Pack at once in hot sterilized jars. Process in boiling water bath for 30 minutes. Remove jars from canner. Makes 8 pints.