Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. sliced cucumbers
12 medium onions, sliced
8 to 10 green peppers, sliced
5 c. vinegar
5 c. sugar
2 tsp. turmeric spice
1 tsp. celery seed
2 Tbsp. prepared mustard
1 tsp. mustard seed
1 pinch of alum

Preparation

Scrub and slice cucumbers into 1/8-inch thick slices.
Combine vinegar, sugar, turmeric spice, celery seed, prepared mustard and mustard seed and bring to a boil.
Pour in cucumbers, green peppers and onions and bring back to a boil.
Cook 5 to 8 minutes over medium heat.
Sterilize jars.
Add a pinch of alum to each jar and fill with pickle mixture and seal.