Crispy Keeper Celery Salad

Mennonites loved their pickles .... a dinner was rarely served without homemade cucumber pickles, or beet pickles or watermelon pickles or sauerkraut!
We are now told how much a pickled side dish aids in digestion. Isn't it nice to find out we did something right even though we didn't know why ??

My daughter recently shared this recipe with me that she was given by a co-worker. I'm sure it is one of those recipes that takes on many variations to suit the cook, but here is this easy summer salad as it came passed on to me.

Marinating Indredients

• 1 1/2 cups vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tsp mustard seed
• 1 tsp celery seed
• 1/2 tsp salt
  

Vegetables

chop fine or put through food processor

• one whole bunch of celery
• 2 red peppers
• 1/2 onion

Boil marinating ingredients for a couple of minutes, cool slightly and then pour over the vegetables in large bowl or covered dish to store.

Let marinate in fridge for a day, then remove vegetables with slotted spoon, as needed, to serve.

This salad will keep for a long time.