Sweet Pickle Sticks - cooking recipe

Ingredients

fresh cucumbers
3 3/4 c. vinegar
3 c. sugar (double sugar if sweeter pickles desired)
3 Tbsp. salt
4 1/2 tsp. celery seed
4 1/2 tsp. turmeric
3/4 tsp. mustard seed

Preparation

Use fresh cucumbers.
Wash and cut in sticks.
Pour boiling water over them and let stand overnight.
Next morning, pack solidly into clean jars.
Make a solution of remaining ingredients.
Boil the solution for 5 minutes.
Pour boiling hot over the cucumbers in jars.
Put on lids, screwing band tight. Process in boiling water bath.
Boil for 5 minutes.
Yields 6 pint jars.
Add green food coloring, if desired, to solution for more color.