Christmas Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

20 diced peeled ripe cucumbers
1 c. salt
6 large red sweet peppers, seeded and cut in strips
6 large sweet green peppers, seeded and cut in strips
8 c. diced celery
4 medium onions, diced
10 c. sugar
2 qt. vinegar
4 tsp. mustard seed
2 c. water

Preparation

Sprinkle cucumbers with salt; let stand overnight.
Drain. Add remaining vegetables, sugar, vinegar, mustard seed and water. Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
Cook slowly until cucumbers look transparent.
Ladle into jars.
Process in hot water bath 5 minutes.