Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 gal. cucumbers, sliced
1 pt. salt
alum (size of walnut)
1/2 gal. vinegar
8 pt. sugar
1/4 c. pickling spice, tied up in cheesecloth

Preparation

Put sliced cucumbers in stone jar.
Add salt to 1 gallon boiling water.
Pour over cucumbers. Let stand for 1 week. Drain and wash cucumbers.
Add alum to 1 gallon boiling water. Pour over cucumbers.
Let stand for 24 hours.
Drain and wash.