Bucket Pickles

Photo: flickr user jyllish

Ingredients

4 cups white sugar

2 cups white vinegar

2 tablespoons coarse pickling salt

1 teaspoon turmeric

1 teaspoon celery seed

1 teaspoon mustard seed

1 lrg red pepper seeded, sliced

1 lrg green pepper seeded, sliced

1 lrg Spanish onion cut into slices

5 cucumbers with peel thinly sliced

Preparation

This is a fantastic easy to make pickle.

Measure first 6 ingredients in a 4 quart ice cream bucket. Stir.

Add red pepper, green pepper and onion. Add more or less cucumber, depending on size, to fill bucket up to level of liquid. Let stand for about 2 hours. Stir. It will shrink down a bit so you may be able to add a few more cucumber slices. Cover. Store in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.

Makes about 2 1/2 quarts.