Lime Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. cucumbers
2 c. lime
8 c. sugar
8 c. vinegar
1 Tbsp. salt
1 to 2 Tbsp. pickling spice tied in cloth

Preparation

Combine cucumbers and lime; cover with water all day or night. Rinse the lime from cucumbers and soak in ice water 3 hours; drain. Mix sugar, vinegar, salt and spices and pour over cucumbers; let stand overnight.
Cook over medium heat and bring to boil; boil 35 minutes and put into jars.
Makes 7 quarts.