Sweet Cucumber Pickles(Superb) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

16 lb. cucumbers
1 gal. vinegar (red)
10 lb. sugar
1 small box pickling spice
salt (enough to float an egg)
1/2 small size box alum

Preparation

First Step:
Wash and slice cucumbers in the usual eating size.
Soak in brine for 14 days.
Prepare brine in a churn or large glass jar.
Fill with cold water and dissolve salt in water to float an egg.
Place sliced cucumbers in jar.
Stir from the bottom each day.