Fast & Easy Cuc-Pickles

A family recipe from Katie Roling.

Getting ready: 30 min · Cooking: 0 min · Feeds: 32

Ingredients

• 4 cups sugar
• 4 cups vinegar
• 1/2 cup canning salt
• 1-1/3 tsp. mustard seed
• 1-1/3 tsp. celery seed
• 1-1/3 tsp. turmeric
• 3 small onions or one lg. onion divided in 3 sm. jars or 1 lg. onion per gal jar
• Cucumbers
• 3 large clean plastic peanut-butter jars or 1 glass gal. jar total - plastic ice cream pail works too

Directions

1. Mix sugar, vinegar, canning salt, mustard seed, celery seed and turmeric. (Do not heat this mix.)
2. Wash and slice cucs into jar, then onion, then cucs etc. Pack tightly.
3. Stir cold mix well and pour over the cucs and onions.
4. Tighten lids and refrigerate - wait 5 days before using.
5. Tip: I have grounded this for relish also - adding yellow zucchini and carrots.