Bread & Butter Pickles

Ingredients

• 6 cups thinly sliced, cucumbers
• 1 pound tiny white onions
• 1 green pepper, shredded or sliced
• 2 whole cloves garlic [optional]
• ¼ cup pickling salt
• 2 cups brown sugar
• ½ tsp turmeric
• ¼ tsp ground cloves [optional] 
• 1 tbsp mustard seed
• 1 tsp celery seed
• 2 cups cider vinegar
  

Method

1. Combine cucumber sliced, onions, green pepper and, if desired, garlic cloves.
2. Add pickling salt; cover with crushed ice; mix.
3. Let stand for 3 hours.
4. Drain well; remove garlic cloves, if any.
5. In a large pot, mix together brown sugar, turmeric, ground cloves [optional], mustard seed, celery seed and cider vinegar.
6. Bring slowly to the boiling point, and boil for 5 minutes.
7. Drain vegetables in a colander and rinse well under cold running water.
8. Add vegetables to the hot syrup and heat to just below the boiling point.
9. Spoon vegetables into hot sterilized jars; fill with cooking syrup, leaving 1/8-inch [0.5 mm] headspace and seal.
10. Or, process in a boiling-water bath for 5 to 10 minutes.
    
    

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