Grammie Bea's Crispy Bread And Butter Pickles

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 12 large cucumbers, skins on
• 4 medium onions
• 1 green pepper
• 3/4 cup salt (added to 3 quarts cold water)
• 1 quart vinegar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons cloves
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 wash cucumbers and pepper.
• 2 cut cucumbers and onions in slices 1/4-1/2" thick.
• 3 cut pepper into thin strips and then cut into thirds.
• 4 soak all overnight in salted water.
• 5 when ready to make pickles:.
• 6 put 1 quart vinegar in a large pan or kettle.
• 7 add cloves, black pepper, celery seed, mustard seed, turmeric powder, and sugar.
• 8 drain the liquid out of cukes, pepper and onions. add them into the vinegar mixture in the kettle.
• 9 bring to a good scald, almost a boil.
• 10 next, sterilize jars in boiling water in a large canning pan, or whatever you are using.
• 11 add the pickle mixture to the jars, and seal while hot.
• 12 make sure seals are down.
• 13 note: preparation time does not include soaking the cucumbers and onions overnight, or sterilizing the jars.