Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. sliced cucumbers
8 medium onions
1/2 c. salt
5 c. sugar
5 c. vinegar
2 tsp. celery seed
2 tsp. mustard seed
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric

Preparation

Cover cucumbers, onions and salt with ice and let stand 3 hours, then drain.
In a large boiler, put sugar, vinegar, celery seed, mustard seed and turmeric.
Let this come to a boil.
Add the cucumbers and onions.
Let this boil.
Add cinnamon and cloves to taste.
Put in jars and seal.