Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 qt. sliced medium cucumbers
8 medium white onions, sliced
1/3 c. pickling salt
3 cloves garlic, halved
cracked ice
5 c. sugar
3 c. cider vinegar
2 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed

Preparation

In a large bowl, combine cucumbers, onions, salt and garlic. Stir in a large amount of cracked ice.
Let stand 3 hours.
Drain well.
Remove garlic.
In a large kettle, combine sugar, vinegar, mustard seed, turmeric and celery seed.
Add drained mixture. Bring to a boil.
Pack cucumber mixture and liquid into hot, sterilized pint jars, leaving a 1/2-inch headspace.
Adjust lids. Process 10 minutes.
Makes 8 pints.