Quick Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 qt. prepared vegetables*
3 cloves garlic
1/4 c. granulated pickling salt
cracked ice
5 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. mustard
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed
3 c. vinegar

Preparation

Partially
precook vegetables, if desired.
(Juice will be clearer
if carrots and celery are precooked in salt water for
a minute
or two).
Spear garlic on wooden pick for easy removal. In
a large bowl or crock combine vegetables, garlic and
salt. Cover with cracked ice; mix thoroughly.
Let stand 3 hours.