Bean Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 to 2 c. sugar
1 c. water
1 c. vinegar
2 tsp. salt
2 c. chopped celery
1 large sweet onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings
1 green pepper, diced
1 large can each: kidney beans, green beans and wax beans
1 small can lima beans

Preparation

Mix together sugar, water, vinegar and salt in a saucepan. Cook 10 minutes.
Cool.
Drain beans and put in a large dish. Cover with cooled liquid and allow to stand in refrigerator for as long as possible, or overnight.
At serving time, add celery, onion and green pepper; toss and serve.