Refrigerator Pickles

Photo: flickr user thebaron03

Ingredients

6 pickling cucumbers sliced

1 onion thinly sliced

1 red bell pepper thinly sliced

1 tablespoon salt

2 cups sugar

cup vinegar

2 teaspoons celery seeds

2 teaspoons mustard seeds

Preparation

Combine the cucumbers, onion and pepper in a nonmetallic bowl. Sprinkle with the salt and mix well. Let the vegetables stand 1 hour. Drain and return them to the same bowl.

Combine the sugar, vinegar and celery and mustard seeds in another nonmetallic bowl. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the vinegar mixture over the vegetables. Cover and chill 24 hours to blend the flavors.

This recipe yields 8 cups.

Yield: 8 cups