"Use fresh, firm medium cucumbers. Wash and cut into sticks. Pour boiling water over them and let stand overnight. Next morning, pack solidly into clean jars.
Make a solution of:
3 3/4 cups white vinegar
3 cups sugar
3 Tbs salt
4 1/2 tsp celery seed
4 1/2 tsp turmeric
3/4 tsp mustard seed
Boil solution for 5 minutes and pour boiling hot over the cucumbers in jars. Put on lid and ring and screw band tight. Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes.
Solution fills 6 pint jars.
If sweeter pickle is desired, add up to double the amount of sugar."
We all liked the pickles as written - sweet enough. And, I also used the same brine for some yellow squash, onions and bell peppers that I grabbed out of the garden at the same time I picked the cucumbers. They turned out great as well!!
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