fire and ice salad

Ingredients For fire and ice salad

• 2-3 lg

  ripe tomatoes
• 2 lg

  cucumbers, peeled in "stripes" (alternately peel strips and leave strips for a "stripe" effect)
• 1 lg

  red onion, sliced in long, thin strips
• 1 lg

  yellow or orange bell pepper, cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 lg

  anaheim peppers or 1 large green bell pepper, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 c

  water
• 1 c

  white granulated sugar
• 1 c

  white vinegar
• 1 tsp

  salt
• 1 tsp

  celery seed
• 1 tsp

  dry mustard
• 1 tsp

  grated horseradish (not prepared horseradish)
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• dried red pepper flakes, to taste