8 Day Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 gal. cucumbers
1 c. salt
1 Tbsp. ginger
1 Tbsp. alum
8 c. vinegar
12 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. pickling spice

Preparation

Wash and cut up cucumbers.
Put in churn.
Mix salt in 1 gallon water and pour over cucumbers.
Let stand 3 days.
Drain off salt water.
Cover with alum water (1 tablespoon to 1 gallon water).
Let stand 1 day.
Drain and cover with ginger water (1 tablespoon ginger to 1 gallon water).
Let stand 1 day.
Drain and rinse cucumbers once and drain well.
Put back in churn.
Mix vinegar, sugar and pickling spice and bring to a boil.
Put over cucumbers.
Let stand 1 day.
Next day, put cucumbers in jars. Boil liquid and pour over pickles.
Seal and store.