Ice-water pickles

5 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 pounds 4-inch Cucumbers
5 eaches Med. Onions
1 tablespoon Mustard Seed
1 quart Cider Vinegar
1 cup Sugar
2 teaspoons Pickling Salt

Directions

Wash the cucumbers, quarter them lengthwise, and soak them in ice-water for 2 hours. Peel and slice the onions and pack them in the bottoms of 5 pint jars.

Pack the cucumbers lengthwise in the jars. Combine the mustard seed, vinegar, sugar and salt, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Fill the jars to overflowing with the boiling-hot syrup and seal. Makes 5 pints.

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