Bread and Butter Pickles
Source of Recipe
Sharon
List of Ingredients
6 quarts. (approximately 6 lbs.) sliced green cucumbers
12 sliced onions (medium size)
8 cups vinegar
1/4 cup mustard seed
1 tbsp. turmeric
1 tbsp. whole cloves
2 tsp. celery seed
6 cups sugarRecipe
Wipe the cucumbers and slice thinly (1/4 inch) without peeling. Place a layer of these in a bowl and then a sprinkling of salt. Repeat until all are used. Cover and let stand at least three hours. Drain.
Boil together the vinegar, sugar and spices; add the cucumbers then onions and bring again to the boil. Boil 2 or 3 minutes.
Bottle while hot and seal tightly.