Cucumber Lime Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. cucumbers, slice crosswise
2 c. pickling lime
2 gal. water

Preparation

Mix pickling lime to 2 gallons water.
Soak cucumbers for 24 hours (stir occasionally) in lime water.
Soak in enamelware (do not use aluminumware).
Remove from lime water and rinse in 3 cool waters.
Soak 3 additional hours in ice and water.
Remove carefully to drain.