Glazed Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. cucumbers, sliced thin
2 gal. water
2 c. lime
ice
7 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. salt
6 c. vinegar
1/4 pkg. pickling spices
ginger to taste

Preparation

Soak cucumbers in water and lime overnight.
Rinse well.
Then soak in cold water for 2 hours, then rinse and put in ice for 1 hour.
Make your syrup with sugar, salt, vinegar, pickling spice and add ginger right before the cucumbers.
When syrup is boiling, add cucumbers and boil for 20 minutes, then simmer for 1 hour. Put in sterilized jars and seal.