Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 c. vinegar
5 c. white sugar
1 tsp. celery seed
1 Tbsp. mustard seed
1/2 tsp. whole cloves
1/4 tsp. powdered alum
5 qt. pickles, sliced
5 large onions, sliced
1 c. salt
water (to cover)

Preparation

Soak pickles and onions in salt water 3 hours and then drain. (Use the 1 cup salt and water.)
Make pickling mixture from the first six ingredients and pour over pickles and onion.
Cook, bringing to boiling point.
Pack in clean, hot jars and seal.