4 cups sugar , 4 cups white vinegar, 1/2 cup salt , 1 1/3 tsp turmeric, 1 1/3 tsp celery seed, 1 1/3 tsp mustard seed . Mix all together , do not heat this is a cold syrup. Wash and sterilize a one gallon glass pickle jar . Slice 3 white onions thin . Slice enough cukes to fill the jar...