Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 lb. cucumbers
2 gal. water
2 c. lime
2 qt. vinegar
10 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. salt
1 tsp. turmeric
2 tsp. pickling spice

Preparation

Put the cucumbers in lime and water overnight.
Wash out 3 or 4 times.
Mix sugar, vinegar, salt, turmeric and pickling spice. Put cucumbers in mixture.
Let stand for 3 hours.
Boil cucumbers for 30 minutes.
Pack in jars.