Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. cucumbers
8 small onions
2 green peppers, sliced paper thin (optional)
1/2 c. salt
fresh water to cover
5 c. vinegar
5 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
2 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. celery seed

Preparation

Soak cucumbers, onions and peppers in salt water for 3 hours. Drain well.
Heat vinegar and sugar.
Add spices and mustard and celery seed.
Add cucumbers (etc.) and boil 10 minutes.
Hot pack in quarts or pints.
Seal.