Bread and Butter Pickles 4
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Pickles
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 8 pints
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   4       medium       Cucumbers
   6       medium       Onions -- sliced
   2                    Green peppers -- chopped
   3       cloves       Garlic 
     1/3   c            Pickling salt
                        Crushed ice
   5       c            Sugar
   3       c            Cider vinegar (5% acidity)
   2       tb           Mustard seed
   1 1/2   ts           Ground turmeric
   1 1/2   ts           Celery seed
 

Preparation:

Wash cucumbers, and slice thinly. Combine cucumbers, onion, green pepper, garlic, and salt in a large Dutch oven. Cover with crushed ice; mix thoroughly, and let stand 3 hours. Drain. Combine remaining ingredients, and pour over cucumber mixture. Heat thoroughly, just until boiling. Pack while boiling into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims. Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on metal bands. Process in boiling-water bath 10 minutes.