Bread and Butter Pickles
from LaVerta Carr

Ingredients

4 quarts pickling cucumbers (10 lbs)
4-5 Onions
4 red and/or orange peppers
6 garlic cloves, minced
2/3 cup pickling salt
6 cups cider vinegar
10 cups sugar
3 teaspoons turmeric
3 Tablespoons celery seed
3 Tablespoons mustard seed

Instructions

Slice cucumbers and onions and chop peppers. Place in clean container (bucket). Add salt and mix. Mix in some ice and cover thoroughly with a layer of ice. Cover with a towel and let stand 3 hours. Drain well.

In pan mix sugar, vinegar and spices. Bring to boil. Put cucumber mixture into wide mouth pint jars. Pour in boiling liquid. Seal and cap. Process in hot water bath about 10 minutes. Remove and cool. Use after 4-5 weeks.
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