Cucumber Slices

Name: Cucumber Slices
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 4 h 35 min
Yield: 8 quarts
Ingredients: 2 gallons sliced cucumbers; 4 sliced bell peppers; 4 sliced onions; 3/4 cup salt; 5 cups sugar; 1/2 tablespoon turmeric; 1/2 teaspoon clove; 1/2 teaspoon celery seed; 1/8 cup mustard seeds; 1 quart vinegar; 10 cups water

Submitted by Dienia B.

"From a friend at Hope Lodge. I am not sure of how much this makes."

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Ready In:: 4hrs 35mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 8 quarts

ingredients

2 gallons sliced cucumbers
4 sliced bell peppers
4 sliced onions
³⁄₄ cup salt
Syrup
5 cups sugar
¹⁄₂ tablespoon turmeric
¹⁄₂ teaspoon clove
¹⁄₂ teaspoon celery seed
¹⁄₈ cup mustard seeds
1 quart vinegar
10 cups water

directions

Cover the vegetables with water and ice chips and weigh them down, with a plate on top, so everything is under water for 3 hours. Drain.
Mix the last 7 ingredients for the syrup. Heat the syrup.
Add the heated syrup to the drained vegetables.
Pour into hot sterilized jars. Seal.
Water bath for 30 minutes.