Crystal Pickles - cucumbers

Method

• Wash cucumbers.
• Put in a stone jar.
• Put a brine over them made of 2 cups coarse salt to 1 gallon of water.
• Don't boil the brine.
• Place a plate over the pickles with a weight on it to hold the pickles in the brine.
• Leave them for 2 weeks and skim the brine off every day.
• When you take them out, drain and wash. Slice or chunk as desired and cover with cold water to which has been added 2 tablespoons alum.
• Let stand 24 hours; drain and wash.
• Make syrup.