Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 pt. water
1 pt. vinegar
2 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 c. salt
dill heads or dill seed
garlic cloves
alum
cucumbers

Preparation

Heat water, vinegar, sugar and salt to boiling.
Put cleaned cukes into liquid; when they start to turn white, pack into jars which have dill, garlic and 1/2 teaspoon alum in them.
Pour hot liquid over the cukes and seal.