marinated vegetable salad

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups cidar vinegar
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 small head of cauliflower, broken into florets
• 3 medium carrots, grated
• 2 - celery ribs, thinly sliced
• 1 - green pepper, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 can (15 1/4oz.) white shoepeg corn, drained
• 1 can (14 1/2oz.) french cut green beans, drained
• 1 can (14oz.) bean sprouts, drained
• 1 can (4 1/2oz.) sliced mushrooms, drained
• 1 can (8oz.) water chestnuts, drained and halved