Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 unpeeled cucumbers, sliced
8 onions, sliced
2 green sweet peppers, cut small
2 red sweet peppers, cut small
2 stalks celery, cut small
1/2 c. pickling salt
1/4 c. water
1 1/2 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 c. white sugar
3 c. vinegar
1 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 Tbsp. celery seed
1 tsp. Turmeric
1/2 tsp. ground cloves

Preparation

Combine in large kettle:
cucumbers, onions,
green sweet peppers, red sweet peppers, celery.
Mix 4 cups cold water with 1/2 cup pickling salt and pour over above.
Let stand about 2 hours.
Then drain and rinse and mix with the following ingredients that have been brought to a boiling point:
1 1/2 c. brown sugar, 1 1/2 c. white sugar, 3 c. vinegar, mustard seed, celery seed, turmeric and cloves.
Bring back to boil.
Cook until cucumber slices are tender, about 15 minutes.
Seal in hot, sterilized jars.
Makes about 6 pints.