Sweet Zucchini Pickles

Ingredients

• 7 c thinly sliced zucchini
• 1 c thinly sliced onion
• 1 green bell pepper diced
• 2 Tbsp salt
• 1 c vinegar
• 2 c sugar
• 2 tsp celery seed
• 1 tsp mustard seed

Directions

1. Wash cucumbers any size
2. If they are solid 2 gallons
3. Make a brine of 2 cups salt to 1 gallon water boil and pour over cucumbers in a stone jar
4. Weigh down let stand 7 days
5. Drain wash and cut into chunks
6. For next 3 days make a solution daily of 1 tablespoon powdered alum
7. Pour over cucumbers which have been drained and old liquid discarded
8. On 4th morning heat 6 cups white vinegar 5 cups sugar 13 cup pickling spices and 1 tablespoon celery seed may tie spices in a cloth
9. Heat to boiling and pour over pickles
10. On 5th morning drain liquid into a pan
11. Add 1 cup sugar
12. Reheat
13. Pour over pickles
14. On 6th morning drain in pan
15. Add 1 cup sugar
16. Pack pickles into sterilized jars and fill to within 12-inch of top of jar with boiling liquid
17. Seal at once