5 Year Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 lb. cucumbers
1 heaping c. salt
1 gal. water
1 gal. vinegar
14 tsp. powdered alum
8 lb. sugar
1 box pickling spices

Preparation

Use stone jar, plastic tub or something like that.
Put in layer of cucumbers, layer of sugar and so on until all is used. Add spices.
Using your hand, mix from the top to bottom until sugar is dissolved.
This will make the syrup.
Store in same container or put in glass jars.
Will keep for a long time.