Bread and Butter Pickles

From Gramma Jeffs, Adelia Seaman Jeffs Debaun. She is Martha Moore's mother, Grace's grandmother, my great-grandmother. Grace remembers her as "a wonderful lady."

• 6 quarts sliced medium cucumbers
• 6 medium onions, sliced
• 1 cup salt
• 1 1/2 quarts vinegar
• 6 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup mustard seed
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• 1/4 to 1/3 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Combine cucumber, onions, and salt and let stand 3 hours. Drain. Combine seasoning and vinegar, and boil. Add cucumber and onions. Heat to simmering and pack hot. Be careful to avoid boiling as that makes pickles soft. Pack while hot in clean jars and seal immediately.