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• 3 pounds cucumbers (4-inch)
• 5 medium onions, sliced
• 1 tablespoon mustard seed
• 4 cups apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons pickling salt

Wash the cucumbers, quarter them lengthwise, and soak in ice-water for 2 hours.

Pack onion slices in the bottoms of 5 one-pint jars. Pack the cucumbers lengthwise in the jars. Combine the mustard seed, vinegar, sugar and salt, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Fill the jars to overflowing with the boiling-hot syrup and seal. Makes 5 pints.