Bread and Butter pickles

Bread and butter pickles

Ingredients

    * 4 quarts sliced unpared medium cucumbers

    * 6 medium white onions

    * sliced (6 cups)

    * 2 green peppers; seeded and thinly sliced (1 2/3 cups)

    * 3 cloves garlic; scored

    * 1/3 cup granulated pickling salt

    * Cracked ice; a big bag or two depending upon how many pickles you are making

    * 5 cups sugar

    * 3 cups cider vinegar

    * 1 1/2 t turmeric

    * 1 1/2 t celery seed

    * 2 T mustard seed

Instructions

Combine cucumber, onion, green pepper, and whole garlic cloves. Add salt; cover with cracked ice; mix ingredients thoroughly. Let stand 3 hours; drain well. Remove garlic. Place in a large pot.

Fill your jars with boiling water; set aside. Combine remaining ingredients; pour over cucumber mixture. Bring the mixture just to a boil, remove from heat. Carefully empty boiling water from the jars and start filling the jars with your bread and butter pickles.

Fill hot jars to 1/2 inch from top; wipe around rim with a paper towel or clean cloth, adjust lids. Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes (start timing when water returns to boiling).