Bread & Butter Pickles (mother Stickney's Very Best)

Ingredients:

4 qt Sliced cucumbers
2 ea Green peppers (chopped)
1/3 c Salt
1 1/2 t Tumeric
2 T Mustard seed
6 ea Medium onions
3 ea Cloves of garlic (whole)
5 c Sugar
1 1/2 t Celery seed
3 c Vinegar

Method:

Do not pare cucumbers; Slice thin.
Add onions, peppers, and whole garlic cloves.
Add salt.
Cover with cracked ice.
Let stand in refrigerator 3 hours, then drain.
Pour remaining ingredients over cucumber mixture.
Heat JUST TO BOILING.
Seal in jars.
Makes about 9 pints.
NOTE: Cucumbers covered with the cracked ice may be keep in refriferator overnite, then drained and processed the next day.
**OUTSTANDING**