Refrigerator Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. sugar
4 c. vinegar
1/2 c. salt
1 1/4 tsp. turmeric
1 1/4 tsp. celery seed
1 1/4 tsp. mustard seed
3 large onions, sliced
cucumbers, sliced thinly

Preparation

Wash and sterilize jars.
Put onion slice in bottom of jars. Mix all ingredients to make a cold syrup.
Do not heat.
Fill each jar with cucumbers, packing tightly.
Stir syrup well and pour into jars, covering cucumbers.
Put lids on jars.
It is not necessary to seal.
Refrigerate at least 5 days before serving. Pickles will keep for 9 months in refrigerator.