Ice-water pickles
5 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | pounds | 4-inch Cucumbers |
| 5 | eaches | Med. Onions |
| 1 | tablespoon | Mustard Seed |
| 1 | quart | Cider Vinegar |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons | Pickling Salt |
Directions
Wash the cucumbers, quarter them lengthwise, and soak them in ice-water for 2 hours. Peel and slice the onions and pack them in the bottoms of 5 pint jars.
Pack the cucumbers lengthwise in the jars. Combine the mustard seed, vinegar, sugar and salt, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Fill the jars to overflowing with the boiling-hot syrup and seal. Makes 5 pints.