Bread and Butter Pickles

8 pounds pickling cucumbers
6 medium onions (white and red Bermuda) -- sliced
2 green peppers -- sliced
4 garlic cloves
1/3 cup sea salt
6 cups cracked ice or ice cubes
5 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric
1 1/2 teaspoons celery seed
3 tablespoons mustard seed
3 cups cider vinegar

Leave skin on cucumber and slice between 1/4-inch and 1/2-inch thick. Add onions, peppers, whole garlic cloves and salt. Mix in 6 cups cracked ice or ice cubes. Let stand for 3 hours and drain well.

In a large kettle, combine all other ingredients. Add cucumber mixture and heat just to boiling point. Seal in hot sterilized jars and seal with hot sterilized lids and rings -- according to manufacturer's directions.

This recipe yields 8 pints.

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