Ice Water Pickles
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Pickles
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

3 pounds cucumbers -- 4 inches
5 medium onion -- peeled and sliced
1 teaspoon mustard seed
1 quart cider vinegar
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons pickling salt
 

Preparation:

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 bottom of 5 pint jars. Pack the cucumbers lengthwise in the jars. Combine the mustard seed, vinegar, sugar and salt, bring to a boil for 1 minute. Fill the jars to overflowing with the boiling - hot syrup and seal.