Tasty Bread & Butter Pickles

Requires 8 sterilized pint jars.

Ingredients:

• 6 pounds cucumbers, unpeeled
• 8 onions, thinly sliced
• 2 green peppers, thinly sliced
• 2 red peppers, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 quart cracked ice
• 5 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric
• 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard seed
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 quart white vinegar

Instructions:

Slice cucumbers very thin to make a gallon in volume. Put into a 2-gallon stone crock with the onions and peppers. Mix salt and ice and pack on top of the vegetables, then cover with a weighted lid. Let stand for 3 hours and then drain. Mix the rest of the ingredients together and pour over the vegetables in a large enamel or aluminum kettle. Bring to a boil over low heat, then immediately remove from the heat. Ladle immediately into hot sterilized jars and seal.