Crisp Bread & Butter Pickles

Ingredients

4 qt cucumber
8 slices onion
1/2 c pickling salt
5 c sugar
1 1/2 ts turmeric
1 ts celery seed
2 tb mustard seed
5 c cider vinegar

Instructions

Mix the cucumbers and onions with the salt and 2 quarts of cracked ice and let them stand, covered with a weighted lid, for 3 hours. Drain thoroughly and put the vegetables in a large kettle. Add the sugar, spices and vinegar and bring almost to a boil, stirring often with a wooden spoon, but do not boil. Pack the pickles into hot jars and seal.