Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. cucumbers, sliced
1 c. pickling lime to 1 gal. water
5 lb. sugar
1/2 gal. vinegar
green food coloring (optional)
2 Tbsp. pickling spice (tie in cloth)

Preparation

Soak cucumbers and pickling lime for 24 hours.
Rinse in cold running water.
Mix sugar, vinegar, food coloring and pickling spice.
Bring to a boil.
Add cucumbers.
Boil for 30 minutes. Take up and put in hot jars with lids.