Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 lb. cucumbers, sliced
3 onions, sliced
1/2 c. coarse salt
5 c. sugar
5 c. cider vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed

Preparation

Cover cucumbers, onions and salt with cold water and ice cubes.
Let sit about 3 hours.
Do not use metal container.
Mix sugar, vinegar, turmeric and celery seed and simmer 30 minutes. Pour cold water off cucumbers and pack in jars; cover with hot liquid.
Process 10 minutes in hot water bath.