Recipes Using Bread And Butter Pickles. Sprinkle with salt and add water to cover about 18 cups. In a non-reactive pot combine the herbs sugar and vinegar.
Bring vinegar sugar and spices to a boil in large saucepan. Let stand 3 hours. At the end of summer during the Great Depression the excess cucumber crop was sliced salted pickled and put up in jars for the cold lean months ahead.
Slice ends off cucumbers then cut into 18-inch to 12-inch slices.
Sprinkle with salt and add water to cover about 18 cups. Wash the lids and rings with warm soapy water and arrange them on a kitchen towel in a single layer to dry. I can just imagine what a treat it was to fill a sandwich with these sweet crunchy coins bread and butter pickles as they came to be known. Transfer entire pan contents to glass bowl.