Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 lb. pickling cucumbers, sliced
2 sliced onions
1/2 c. coarse salt
5 c. sugar
5 c. cider vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed

Preparation

Cover cucumbers, onions and salt with cold water. Set for 3 hours.
(Be sure to use glass or plastic bowl.)
Mix the remaining ingredients in a large saucepan. Simmer for 1/2 hour. Drain water from cucumbers. Place cucumbers in jars and top with hot liquid. Best if you wait a month before eating.