Shake Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

sliced cucumbers
6 to 8 onions
3 1/2 c. sugar
3 c. vinegar
1/3 tsp. salt
1 tsp. alum
1 tsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. turmeric

Preparation

Fill gallon jar with sliced cucumbers and onions.
Heat remaining ingredients until sugar is dissolved.
Pour over cucumbers and onions.
Shake once each day for 7 days.
Ready to eat.
Omit onions if you want.