Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. sliced cucumbers (1/4 inch thick)
3 c. house lime
2 gal. water
5 lb. sugar
3 pt. vinegar
1 Tbsp. cloves and allspice

Preparation

Dissolve
lime\tin water, pour in sliced cucumbers, let stand 24 hours.
Wash
in clean water.
Let cucumbers stand in water for 3 hours.
Change
water every hour.
Rinse and drain well, make a syrup
with
sugar, vinegar and spices;
bring to boil and cool. Put
cucumbers in
syrup, let stand overnight. Next day, heat and come
to
a
bubbling
point.
Don't boil. Seal in hot jars.