Bread And Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 qt. sliced cucumbers
4 or 5 medium onions, sliced
1/3 c. salt
5 c. sugar
3 c. vinegar
2 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
2 tsp. celery seed

Preparation

Put a layer of cucumbers and onions and a layer of ice.
Then sprinkle salt over it and let it stand for 3 hours.
Then heat sugar, vinegar, mustard seed, turmeric and celery seed.
Then heat and let boil until sugar is dissolved.
Let it come to a boil good.
In the meantime drain cucumbers and onions and put in jars. Pour mixture in jars.