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Ingredients
- 2 gal. whole cucumbers
- 2 c. salt
- 1 gal. water
- 1 Tbsp. powdered alum
- 6 c. vinegar
- 8 c. sugar
- 1/3 c. pickling spice
- 1 Tbsp. celery seed
Method
- Make brine of salt and water; boil and pour over cucumbers, boiling hot.
- Let stand one week.
- In hot weather, skim daily. Drain and cut in chunks.
- For the next 3 mornings, make a boiling hot solution of 1 gallon water and 1 tablespoon powdered alum and pour over the pickles; make this fresh hot bath for 3 mornings.
- On the 4th morning, drain and discard alum water.
- Heat vinegar, 5 cups sugar, pickling spice and celery seed to boiling point and pour over the pickles.
- On the 5th morning, drain this liquid off and add 2 cups more sugar; heat again to boiling point and pour over the pickles.
- On the 6th morning, drain liquid; add 1 cup sugar.
- Heat and pack the pickles in jar and seal.
