Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 qt. cucumbers
2 qt. onions
3 pt. vinegar
salt
water
3 lb. sugar
1 Tbsp. turmeric
1 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. white mustard seed
1 tsp. ground ginger

Preparation

Wash and slice, do not peel, the cucumbers.
Wash, peel and slice thin the onions.
Make brine of 9 cups of water to 1 cup salt and pour over cucumbers and onions.
Let stand for 3 hours. Rinse, drain and squeeze out all the water.
Combine the remaining ingredients and stir well.
Heat, but do not boil, for 1 hour.
Pack cucumber and onion slices in jars, pour syrup over them and seal.