Never Can Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. cucumbers, cut in strips
1 gal. water
1 c. salt
2 Tbsp. lump alum
1/2 tsp. turmeric
12 c. sugar
pickling spice

Preparation

Mix salt with water.
Pour over cucumbers and let stand 3 days; drain off salt water.
Rinse 3 times.
Add alum to pitcher of water and pour over cucumbers.
Let stand 24 hours; drain, leaving cucumbers in container.
Rinse 3 times.
Fill container of cucumbers with undiluted vinegar.
Let stand 7 days.
Drain off vinegar, but don't rinse.
Add 3 cups sugar, turmeric and enough pickling spice to form ball size of walnut; tie in a cloth and drop in container with cucumbers, sugar and turmeric (leave in container).
Add 3 cups sugar everyday for 3 days and serve when desired.