Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 qt. cucumbers, sliced
2 green peppers, sliced
1/3 c. salt
6 medium onions, sliced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
5 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed
3 c. cider vinegar
1 tsp. pickling spice
2 tsp. mustard seed
1/4 tsp. alum

Preparation

Mix the first 5 ingredients together and soak 3 hours in 1-quart water with 2 trays of ice, stirring occasionally.
Mix remaining ingredients together as a pickling syrup.
Drain vegetables.
Combine with syrup in stainless steel or enameled kettle and heat, just to boiling.
Seal in hot jars.
Makes approximately 8 pints.