Chunk Sweet Pickles Good! - cucumbers

Method

• Wash and cut cucumbers into 3/4-inch chunks.
• Place in a stone jar and pour over them the pickling salt dissolved in 1 gallon of boiling water.
• Let stand 1 week, stirring each day.
• On the 8th day, drain well and pour 1 gallon of fresh water over them.
• On the 9th day, drain and add 1 gallon of fresh boiling water with alum dissolved in it over them.
• On the 10th day, drain and pour on 1 gallon of fresh boiling water.
• On the 11th day, drain and put in a clean stone jar.
• Combine vinegar, 6 cups sugar, cinnamon and cloves and pour over boiling hot.
• On the 12th, 13th and 14th day, drain, reheat liquid and add 1 cup of sugar each day.
• On the 15th day, heat liquid and pack pickles in jars.
• Pour hot liquid over them and seal.
• Makes 7 quarts.