Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 qt. sliced, unpeeled medium cucumbers
4 medium white onions, sliced (6 c.)
2 green peppers, sliced (1 2/3 c.)
3 cloves garlic
1/3 c. pickling salt
cracked ice
5 c. sugar
3 c. cider vinegar
2 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed
2 tsp. alum

Preparation

Combine cucumbers, onions, green peppers, garlic and salt. Cover with cracked ice.
Mix well.
Let mixture stand 3 hours. Drain well. Remove garlic. Combine remaining ingredients.
Pour over cucumbers and liquid into hot jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
Adjust lids.
Process in boiling water bath (use half pint or pint jars) 5 minutes.