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Bread and Butter Pickles

 4 quarts pickling cucumbers
 1 1/2 cups onions, sliced
 2 large garlic cloves
 1/3 cup pickling salt
 2 quarts chopped ice
 4 1/2 cups sugar
 1 1/2 teasp. turmeric
 1 1/2 teasp. celery seed
 2 tabls. mustard seed
 3 cups white vinegar

In large bowl, add sliced cucumbers and onions, garlic cloves and pickling salt; mix well. Cover with chopped ice, place towel over, and let stand 3 hours. Prepare brine by combining sugar, turmeric, celery seed, mustard seed and vinegar in large pot; bring to a boil. Drain water and ice from cucumber slices and remove garlic cloves. Add cucumbers to brine; simmer 5 minutes. Pack in sterile jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Seal. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Allow to stand two weeks before opening.