French Bread and Butter Pickles

20 med. cucumbers
12 med. onions
4 cup vinegar
3 cup sugar
1 cup salt
4 cup water
2 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. mustard seed
5 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. turmeric

Wash cucumbers and slice thinly. Do not peel. Peel and slice the onions. Combine with salt and let stand for 2 hours. Mix all remaining ingredients and bring to the boiling point. Add cucumbers to boiling syrup. Simmer about 30 minutes or until cucumbers are tender

Read General Water Bath Canning Instructions below.

Pack hot food into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch head space and process in boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes.

Makes about 6 pints


General Water Bath Canning Instructions

Check Mason jars discarding any that are cracked, nicked, have uneven rims or are otherwise defective. Wash jars and put in water bath canner with enough water to submerse jars and heat for 10 minutes to get them hot. Adding 2 tablespoons of vinegar to the water will help eliminate hard water deposits from forming on the jars. Keep jars hot while preparing food. (It is only necessary to sterilize jars for foods processed less than 10 minutes. Sterilizing is done by boiling jars for 10 minutes.) Prepare lids and rings according to manufacturers directions on the box. Rings may be reused but lids must be new to insure a seal. Pack hot food into hot jars leaving recommended amount of head space. Using a non metallic instrument like a spatula or plastic knife, run the instrument around the inside of the jar between the jar and the food to remove air bubbles. Use a damp clean cloth and wipe the sealing rim of the jars free of food. Affix lids and adjust rings until just finger tight and load jars onto a rack and lower into a hot water bath canner that is filled half full of water, adding hot water if needed covering the jars by one or two inches of water and bring to a boil. If you don't have a rack, a clean dish towel in the bottom of the canner will do. Start timing and process the recommended time. Remove jars using a jar lifter and place on a thick towel out of drafts and allow to cool completely. Do not tighten rings that may appear to have loosened. After cooling, rings may be removed, if desired. If any jars have not sealed, refrigerate immediately.

Wash jars to remove any hard water deposits or clinging food and store in a cool, dry, dark place.

Note:
When making pickles use 5% acidity vinegar and use pickling salt if recipe calls for salt.


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