25-30 medium sized cucumbers

8 large white onions

2 large sweet peppers

1/2 cup salt

5 cups cider vinegar

5 cups sugar (2 1/2 lbs.)

2 Tbsp. mustard seed

1 tsp. Tumeric

1/2 tsp. cloves

 

Wash cucumbers and slice as thin as possible. Chop onions and peppers; combine with cucumbers and salt. let stan for three hours. and drain. Combine vinegar, sugar, and spices in large preserving kettle, bring to a boil. Add drained cucumber; heat throughly but do not boil. Pack while hot into sterilized jars and seal.

 

– Louise Woods (taken from her canning book)