Bread and Butter Pickles
Another old family recipe by general request...
Bread and Butter Pickles
1 gallon sliced cucumbers
12 or 14 small onions sliced
½ cup salt
cracked ice
4 cups vinegar
4 cups sugar
4 cups sugar
1 ½ tsp. Turmeric
½ tsp. Cloves
1 tsp. Celery seed
5 bell peppers sliced into strips
Let cucumbers and onions stand in salted ice water for 3 hours. Bring vinegar, sugar, turmeric, cloves, celery seed and mustard seed to a boil. Add cucumbers and onions. Simmer for about 10 minutes or until they lose their bright color. Put in jars and seal.
Last edited by liteluvr; 11-28-2010 at 01:00 PM.
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