This recipe clipping comes from a large lot of old recipe clippings for pickles, jams, jellies, relishes and more. Date is unknown but the recipes in this lot suggest 1940s through to the 1960s. Recipe is typed below.

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By Mrs. Harvey F. Rostiser.

This recipe has been requested as it is unusually good. It was given to me many years ago by the late Mrs. Will Crabill.

Sunshine Pickles.

40 medium cucumbers
–Peel, slice lengthwise, then in half. Soak in salt water for three hours.

1/2 cup salt*
5 medium onions
3 green peppers
3 red peppers

Chop peppers and onions and soak with the cucumbers. Drain thoroughly.

Dressing.

1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons tumeric
1 teaspoon ground mustard
4 cups sugar
1 quart vinegar

Mix dry ingredients with a little of the vinegar and then add balance. Cook well till thick. Add pickles and cook 15 minutes; can.

*RecipeCurio Note: I have another clipping that is nearly identical, that one states: *1/2 cup salt, in water to cover.