Crisp Bread and Butter Pickles

Title:
Crisp Bread and Butter Pickles

Yield:
8 Pints

Categories:
Pickles,
Vegetables




Ingredients:





     4 qt Cucumber; thinly sliced


     8 md Onion; peeled/thinly sliced


   1/2 c  Pickling salt


     5 c  Sugar


 1 1/2 ts Turmeric


     1 ts Celery seed


     2 tb Mustard seed


     5 c  Cider vinegar






 Mix the cucumbers and onions with the salt and 2 quarts of cracked ice and


 let them stand, covered with a weighted lid, for 3 hours. Drain thoroughly


 and put the vegetables in a large kettle. Add the sugar, spices and vinegar


 and bring almost to a boil, stirring often with a wooden spoon, but do not


 boil. Pack the pickles into hot jars and seal.


 


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