Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

30 medium cucumbers
8 medium onions
2 green peppers
2 red peppers
1/2 c. salt
5 c. sugar
5 c. vinegar
2 tsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. celery seed
1/2 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. cloves

Preparation

Wash cucumbers;
do not peel.
Slice paper thin.
Makes about 16\tcups.
Cut peppers and onions up with cucumber.
Put in pan. Sprinkle
with
salt and cover with crushed ice.
Let stand 3 hours.
Wash and drain.
Make pickling syrup of sugar and white vinegar.
Add
spices.
Boil
for
5
minutes.
Add cucumbers, onions
and
peppers.
Bring
mixture to simmering point; do not boil.
Pack in clean hot jars and seal at once.