Bread & Butter Pickled Squash

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 1/4 lbs summer squash, sliced
• 2 green bell peppers, diced
• 5 medium onions, diced
• 1/2 cup salt
• 5 cups vinegar
• 4 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 20 whole cloves (in spice bag)

Recipe

• 1 cut squash into 1/4 inch slices and combine with peppers and onions.
• 2 stir in 1/2 cup salt; let stand 3 hours.
• 3 drain.
• 4 mix vinegar with sugar and spices and heat to boiling.
• 5 remove spice bag.
• 6 pack squash, peppers, and onions into pint jars.
• 7 cover with boiling vinegar mixture.
• 8 put lids and rings on jars.
• 9 process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.