8 Day Pickles Sweet - cooking recipe

Ingredients

pickles, cut into chunks
2 c. salt
boiling water
1 Tbsp. powdered alum
5 pt. white vinegar
6 c. sugar
12 cinnamon sticks
1/3 c. pickling spice
1 tsp. green food color

Preparation

Wash and cut pickles into chunks.
Place in bowl or roaster. (Make use of large pickles.)
Add salt and 1 gallon boiling water. Let stand for 3 days.