Bread & butter pickles (mother stickney's very best)

10 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
4quartsSliced cucumbers
2eachesGreen peppers (chopped)
cupSalt
teaspoonTumeric
2tablespoonsMustard seed
**OUTSTANDING**
6eachesMedium onions
3eachesCloves of garlic (whole)
5cupsSugar
teaspoonCelery seed
3cupsVinegar

Directions

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.