Title: Cissy's Bread and Butter Pickles
Categories: Pickle Relish
Yield: 8 Half pints

4	qt	Sliced cucumbers
6		Sliced onions
2		Green bell peppers, chopped
3		Cloves garlic
2	tb	Mustard seed
1/3	c	Salt
5	c	Sugar
1 1/2	ts	Celery seed
3	c	Cider vinegar

Salt and put a bag of ice (8 lbs) over sliced cukes in a cooler. Let stand at least 3 hours or better, overnight. Drain. Combine rest of ingredients with to the cucumbers. Put in an open kettle and bring to a boil. Boil for three minutes, stirring constantly to keep sugar from sticking and burning. Remove from heat and ladle pickles and syrup into hot sterilized jars and seal immediately.

Cecilia Bowman Center Valley Organic Farm Clayton, IN

Submitted by John Hartman Indianapolis, IN 15 Apr 1996

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