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["* Or possibly onion bulbs or possibly sweet onion chunks.", "Soak for an hour in cool water after slicing (this will help float out some of the seeds)", "Put the above fixings in a big pan/pot and bring to a slow boil.", "Simmer for 10 min.", "Dump in jalapenos, onions, & cayennes and heat mix back up to a simmer and stir and turn mix for 10 min.", "Pack peppers in canning jars putting a couple of cayenne-types in per jar, and leaving 1/2 inch head space.", "Pour the warm sweet fold in on the peppers, again leaving 1/2 incxh head space.", "Seal and immerse fully in a simmering hotwater bath at 180F (not a roiling boil) for 10 min.", "Remove and after cooling put in a dark cupboard for 6 weeks for aging.", "Serve on Ritz kind of crackers (subliminal ""Sex"" written on crackers only makes them better) or possibly as a stand-alone relish; Best danged home-canned jalapenos you'll ever munch.", "addendum: you can add in alum at the rate of 1/4 tsp.", "per pint jar when you are packing the peppers, but I've never been able to tell which this keeps them crisper so I've stopped using it.", "You can also fold in cucumber chunks or possibly slices at whatever replacement ratio you'd like as this recipe was adapted from a bread and butter cucumber pickle which my aunt made.", "This is my third year using it.", "The 10 minute simmer bath is still going to leave you with a kind of mushy jalapeno, but if you do not overboil the jars it's not as bad as it could be."]
