Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 qt. medium cucumbers, sliced
3/4 c. salt
1 qt. vinegar
2 Tbsp. celery seed
6 medium white onions, sliced
2 c. water
4 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. mustard seed

Preparation

Wash cucumbers thoroughly before slicing.
Arrange cucumbers and onions in layers in earthenware crock or bowl.
Sprinkle each layer with salt.
Cover; let stand 3 hours.
Drain off juice which has accumulated.
Combine water, vinegar, sugar, celery seed and mustard seed; bring to a boil, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Boil for 3 minutes.
Add cucumber mixture; bring once more to boiling point, but do not boil.
Pack immediately into hot, sterilized jars.
Seal at once.