Icicle Pickles

8 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 lb. (4-inch) cucumbers
  • 6 small onions, peeled and quartered
  • 6 (4-inch) pieces celery or 1 1/2 tsp. celery seed (1/4 tsp. to each jar)
  • 1 Tbsp. mustard seed
  • 1 qt. white vinegar
  • 2 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1/4 c. salt
  • 1 c. water

Directions

  1. 1
    Wash cukes and cut lengthwise into fourths or eighths.
  2. 2
    Soak in ice water for 3 hours.
  3. 3
    Then drain and pack in pint size jars. Add onions, celery and 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seed to each jar. Combine vinegar, sugar, salt and water.
  4. 4
    Bring to a boil and pour over cukes to within 1/2-inch of the top.
  5. 5
    Seal and process in boiling water for 10 minutes.
  6. 6
    Very crisp and delicious.
  7. 7
    Makes 6 pints.

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