Candied Bread and Butter Pickles

Slice one gallon cucumbers thin. Soak with eight small onions for three hours in 1/2 cup salt and cold water to cover. Drain and cover with boiling water. Let stand in boiling water and mix:

2 cups vinegar
1 cup water
5 cups sugar
1 tablespoon celery seed
1 teaspoon turmeric
2 tablespoons mixed spices

Put mixed spices, mostly cloves in cheese cloth and bring to a boil with other syrup ingredients. Drain cucumbers from boiling water and put in boiling syrup. Let simmer and come to a boil before packing in jars and seal. Do not peel cucumbers.