6 Week Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

whole cucumbers
4 Tbsp. salt
3 Tbsp. pickling spice
3 Tbsp. alum
4 lb. sugar
white vinegar

Preparation

Wash cucumbers; cut off ends. Put whole cucumbers in glass jars. Cover with vinegar; add salt, pickling spice and alum. Cover jar and set aside for 5 weeks.