Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. small cucumbers, sliced
2 hot green peppers
8 small white onions
1/2 c. salt
4 1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. turmeric
5 c. vinegar
1/2 tsp. cloves
2 Tbsp. mustard seed

Preparation

Wash and slice the cucumbers.
Mix the salt with the peppers and onions and cover with crushed ice.
Let stand in refrigerator for 3 hours.
Drain and add sugar, turmeric, vinegar, cloves and mustard seed.
Mix; drain vegetables.
Put on low heat and heat to scalding point but don't boil.
Seal in hot jars (using the instructions for a reliable canning manual).
Makes about 5 quarts.