Bread and Butter Pickles #1

Ingredients

• 12 med. cucumbers
• 6 med. onions sliced
• 2 green peppers, chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1/3 cup pickling salt
• crushed ice
• 10cups sugar
• 6 cups cider vinegar (5% acidity)
• 4 tablespoons mustard seed
• 3 teaspoon ground termeric
• 3teaspoon celery seed

Preparation

1. Wash cucumbers and slice thinly. Combine cukes, onion, green peppers, garlic and salt in a large Dutch Oven. Cover with crushed ice, mix thoroughly and let stand 3 hours. Drain. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over cucumber mixture. Heat thoroughly, just until boiling. Pack while boiling into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/2 in. headspace. Remove air bubbles, wipe jar rims. Cover at once with metal bands. Process jars in boiling water bath for 10 min.