FIRE AND ICE TOMATOES

Skin and quarter 6 large ripe and firm tomatoes.
Slice 1 large green pepper into strips and slice 1 red onion into rings.
Place in a bowl and submerge in the following sultry sauce:

Mix: 3/4 c. vinegar
1 1/2 c. celery salt
1 1/2 tsp. mustard seed
1/2 tsp. salt
4 1/2 tsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. red pepper
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1/4 c. cold water

Place over heat and bring to a boil, then boil furiously for only 1 minute.
While still hot, pour over the tomatoes. Cool.

Just before serving, add 1 peeled and sliced cucumber. Serve as a
relish or side dish.

Tomatoes given the above treatment will mark time in the refrigerator
quite happily for several days without the cucumber, of course.