Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. cucumbers
8 small white onions
2 green peppers, shredded
1/2 c. salt
2 (10 oz.) bags cubed ice
5 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
2 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. celery seed
5 c. vinegar

Preparation

Select crisp, fresh cucumbers; wash, but do not pare them. Slice crosswise in paper-thin slices.
Slice the onions thin and cut the peppers into fine shreds.
Mix the salt with the vegetables and bury pieces of cracked ice in the mixture.
Cover with a weighted lid and let stand 3 hours; drain thoroughly.