Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 quarts (16 cups) sliced medium cucumbers
8 medium white onions, sliced
1/3 c. pickling salt
3 cloves garlic, halved
Cracked ice
4 c. sugar
3 c. cider vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed
2 Tbsp. mustard seed

Preparation

Combine cucumbers, onions, garlic and salt in large stockpot. Cover with cracked ice (about 2-inches). Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours. Drain mixture well. Remove garlic. In same stockpot combine sugar, vinegar, mustard seed, turmeric, and celery seed. Heat to a rolling boil for 2 minutes. Add cucumber mixture. Return to boiling.