Easy Refrigerator Pickles

• 6 cups thinly sliced scrubbed cucumbers
• 2 cups thinly sliced onions, separated into slivers
• 1 12 cups distilled white vinegar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt (preferably kosher)
• 2 teaspoons mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 12 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 -3 whole unbroken dried hot red chili pepper, long skinny oriental type,to taste (optional)

1. Toss cucumber and onion slices together in a large bowl.
2. Combine remaining ingredients in a medium saucepan, stirring well to dissolve sugar and salt.
3. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves.
4. Pour hot vinegar mixture over cucumber mixture, add red peppers if using, and allow to cool, tossing several times.
5. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for several days, turning once or twice a day for four days.
6. Actually, the pickles are quite good after only a couple hours, but they just ain't really pickles yet.
7. Pickles can be stored in the refrigerator for several months.
8. They will continue to get spicier the longer the hot red pepper (s) remains in the brine; remove when heat level reaches your preference.

cucumbers, onions, white vinegar, sugar, salt, mustard seeds, celery, ground turmeric, unbroken

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-refrigerator-pickles-67750 (may not work)