Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. salt
1/2 gal. boiling water
1 jar alum
mixed spices
5-inch cucumbers

Preparation

First day, pack cucumbers
in
jar longways.
Mix 1 cup plain salt and 1/2
gallon boiling water; pour over cucumbers. On second day, pour off water and rinse good.
Add 1 jar alum. Cover with boiling water.
On\tthird
day,
pour off water and rinse good. Add plain boiling water.
On the fourth day, pour off water, then mix
spices
in
bag
with 1/2 gallon vinegar. Boil together.
Add to cucumbers and let stand for 7 days.
On eighth day, take out of vinegar and slice.\tPut cucumbers back in jar.
Add sugar until enough syrup covers cucumbers.