Grandma’s Quick Bread and Butter Pickles
Grandma’s Quick Bread and Butter Pickles
6 large cucumbers, sliced
4 onions, sliced
1/4 cup salt
1 pint white vinegar
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 tsp mustard seed
Use fresh cucumbers, wash and slice
Slice onions
Mix vegetables with salt and let stand 1 hour
Drain and rinse with 2 cups cold water
Combine vinegar, sugar, celery seed, mustard seeds and heat to boiling
Pack vegetables in jars, add hot vinegar mixture to overflow
Seal at once
Cool and store
This was a hand written recipe from my Grandmother’s recipe box.
Pickles are mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible. So they were known at least 4,000 years ago. George Washington collected almost 500 types of pickles.
