4 lbs. cucumbers
1 c. salt
3/4 lb. onion
Sweet red pepper or pimento
Green pepper and celery, cut up

Wash and slice cucumbers. Sprinkle salt over cucumber slices. Cut onion in slices. Combine ingredients. Let mixture stand all night. In morning, wash with clear water, rinse, and wash salt brine off. Squeeze out of water into a kettle. Pour pickling solution over the cucumbers.

SOLUTION:

2 c. cider vinegar
2 c. water
2 c. sugar
2 tsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. celery seed
2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. turmeric powder

Stir into cucumbers and put on stove to boil. Have jars clean and stand in hot water on burner while filling jars. Let cook a few more minutes until they change color; seal while hot. Makes about 5 1/2 pints.