Cucumber-Onion Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 large cucumbers
6 medium onions
1/4 c. salt
1 qt. vinegar
2 c. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. dry mustard
1 Tbsp. turmeric
1 Tbsp. cornstarch

Preparation

Wash, peel and slice cucumbers and onions.
Cover them with salt and let stand overnight.
Bring vinegar and salt to a boil. Sift together mustard, turmeric and cornstarch.
Mix with a little cold vinegar and add to vinegar and sugar.
Drain cucumbers and onions from salt water.
Put in vinegar solution and bring to a boil.
Pack in sterilized Kerr jars and seal at once.