Jug Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. cucumbers (about 18)
6 to 8 onions
3 1/2 c. sugar
3 c. vinegar
1/3 c. salt
1 tsp. alum
1 tsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. turmeric

Preparation

Wash and slice onions and cucumbers.
Mix remaining ingredients to make syrup.
Put onions and cucumbers in jug and pour syrup over top.
Mix well and put in refrigerator.
Next day, take out of refrigerator and shake well.
Repeat this for 6 days.
On the 7th day, they may be eaten.
Pickles must be refrigerated.