Icicle Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. (4-inch) cucumbers
6 small onions, peeled and quartered
6 (4-inch) pieces celery or 1 1/2 tsp. celery seed (1/4 tsp. to each jar)
1 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 qt. white vinegar
2 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. salt
1 c. water

Preparation

Wash cukes and cut lengthwise into fourths or eighths.
Soak in ice water for 3 hours.
Then drain and pack in pint size jars. Add onions, celery and 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seed to each jar. Combine vinegar, sugar, salt and water.
Bring to a boil and pour over cukes to within 1/2-inch of the top.
Seal and process in boiling water for 10 minutes.
Very crisp and delicious.
Makes 6 pints.