I came home from last night's produce auction with two bushels of corn and a half bushel of cukes for $25. They were the only box of smaller sized cukes, so I was thrilled to get them.
That meant first thing this morning, I was slicing them up for pickles. Aunt Audrey's Bread and Butter recipe is my favorite, so after a quick trip for vinegar (how could I be out of vinegar in the middle of canning season?) we were in Business.
I had enough for a triple batch. In each bowl, there are 4 quarts of sliced cukes, a sliced onion, a sliced green pepper, sliced red pepper (not really, I was short on red bells!), 3 cloves of garlic, and 1/3 cup of salt... along with ice. Lots of ice mixed in. Let them hang out for 3 hours. This process draws the water out of the veggies so they won't turn into soggy pickles.
Then, combine 3 cups vinegar, 5 cups sugar, 1 1/2 tsp tumeric, 1 1/2 tsp celery seeds, and 2 TBL mustard seeds. Pour over cucumber mixture in a large pot and heat to boiling. Transfer to jars, add 1/4 tsp of pickle crisp, and BWB for 10 minutes.
Yummy goodness. The 1/2 bushel yielded 7 quarts and 6 pints.
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