Your Grandmothers Bread and Butter Pickles

I know most won't believe this but they really do taste like your grandmother's pickles! And you make them in the microwave! I always begged my mother to make pickles every year and she would soak those cukes for about 17 days (a lot of mess) and make me jars and jars of pickles which I promptly ate. When I grew up I thought I'd never have those wonderful pickles again because Claiborne don't do complicated things with food - well, mother to the rescue again - Microwave Pickles!!! The trick is the right cucumber - mine are out of my garden which is the best but you can buy those small pickling cukes at the grocery. Or steal them out of some one else's garden tee hee - Also, the recipe calls for 1 med cuke - I use 3 or 4 small ones - you can judge by having the cukes fill up the container a little more than the liquid - just experiment. Here's the recipe and enjoy the crunchiness!!!!! Christy - you HAVE to make these....Oh, also you can use Splenda but not as good...You need to keep these in the frig unless you want to "hot boil" them for storage - mine never last tMicrowave Pickles

1 med cucumber thinly sliced
2 small onions thinly sliced
¾ cup sugar
½ cup vinegar
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. celery seed
½ tsp. mustard seed

Microwave safe bowl – combine all ingredients. Microwave uncovered on high for 4 minutes. Stir…..Cook 3-4 minutes longer or mixture is bubbly or cukes crisp and tender. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. hat long because I eat them all up!