Pickled Three Bean Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. green beans
1 1/2 lb. wax beans
1 lb. lima beans
2 c. sliced celery
1/2 lb. onion, sliced
1 c. diced sweet red pepper
2 1/2 c. sugar
3 c. vinegar
1 1/4 c. water
1 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. celery seed
4 tsp. canning salt

Preparation

Wash beans. Remove strings and trim ends from green and wax beans. Cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Shell lima beans. Combine beans, celery, onion and pepper in large saucepot. Cover with boiling water. Cook 7 to 8 minutes. Drain. Bring sugar, vinegar, water, mustard seed, celery seed and salt to a boil. Boil 1 minute. Pack hot beans in hot jars.