BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES 4 qt. sliced (medium) cucumbers 6 medium white onions, sliced 1 green bell pepper 1 sweet red pepper (optional) 2 cloves garlic 1/3 c. salt 3 c. distilled white vinegar 5 c. sugar 1 1/2 tsp. turmeric 1 1/2 tsp. celery seed 2 Tbsp. mustard seed Do not peel. Wash good and slice thin. Add sliced onions, peppers and garlic cloves. Sprinkle salt over the layers as you work. Now put ice over the layers. Let stand 3 hours. Now drain thoroughly. Divide cucumbers. Cook in 2 kettles. Combine vinegar, sugar and spices. Heat just to boiling. That is all the cooking required. Ladle the hot spicy bread and butter pickles into hot sterilized pint jars and seal. Makes 8 pints. Let set about 1 month to pickle. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |