Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. cucumbers (small), sliced thin
1/2 c. salt
1 c. water
2 trays ice cubes
5 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
2 tsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. celery seed
3 c. vinegar
2 c. water

Preparation

Cover cucumbers with the salt, water and ice cubes and let stand for 3 hours.
Make a syrup of the remaining ingredients. Boil syrup mixture for 5 minutes. Drain cucumbers. Drop in boiling syrup but do not boil after adding cucumbers.
Pack in sterilized jars and seal.