SYRUP:

3 c. sugar
2 c. vinegar
3 1/2 c. hot water
2 tsp. turmeric
1 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. mustard seed
1 1/4 tsp. salt

Makes enough syrup for 4 quarts. Mix all ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Quarter enough cucumbers to fill 4 quart jars. Put strips in jars with the inside of cucumbers showing out. Fill jars with syrup, cold pack. Pints 5 minutes, quarts 7 minutes, after they start to boil.