Ice Water Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 qt. sliced small cucumbers
1 red and 1 green pepper (optional)
6 onions, sliced
1/3 c. coarse salt
5 c. white vinegar
2 tsp. mustard seed
1 1/2 Tbsp. celery seed
1 1/2 Tbsp. turmeric
5 c. sugar

Preparation

Cut up together the first 3 ingredients.
Sprinkle with salt. Mix. Empty a single tray of ice cubes on them.
Let stand 3 hours. Drain.
Mix remaining ingredients.
Heat syrup to boiling.
Add pickles.
Bring to a boil again and put in jars immediately. Yields 8 to 9 pints.