Sonny's bread and butter pickles
1 batch
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | pounds | Cukes |
| 1½ | cup | Sliced onions |
| 2 | larges | Garlic cloves |
| ⅓ | cup | Salt |
| 2 | Trays of ice cubes OR crushed ice | |
| 4½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Turmeric |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Celery seed |
| 2 | tablespoons | Mustard seed |
| 3 | cups | White vinegar |
Directions
Wash cukes thoroughly; drain. Cut unpeeled cukes into ¼ inch slices. In a large bowl, combine the cuke slices, onions, garlic and salt and let stand for 3 hours. Drain off the liquid and remove the garlic.
Combine the sugar, spices and vinegar and heat just to a boil. Add the cukes and onion slices; simmer together 10 minutes. Pack looseley in clean, hot pint jars, leaving ½ in. of headroom; remove air bubbles. Adjust lids; process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
Sonny Martin's recipe typed by Charlotte Welch 11/94 family recipes Submitted By CHARLOTTE WELCH On 05-09-95