Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

25 to 30 medium cucumbers
8 large white onions
2 large bell peppers
1/2 c. salt
5 c. cider vinegar
5 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. cloves (I use ground)
1 tsp. thyme

Preparation

Wash cucumbers and slice pretty thin.
Chop onions and bell peppers into cucumbers.
Put 1/2 cup salt into this.
Let stand for 3 hours.
Drain off water after 3 hours.
Combine vinegar, sugar and spices in large preserving kettle and bring to a boil. Add drained cucumbers and heat through.
(Do not boil them.)
Pack while hot into hot jars and seal at once.