Sweet Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

14 lb. cucumbers
7 lb. sugar
1 pkg. Wiley's lime
1 oz. powdered alum
6 Tbsp. pickling spices
3 qt. vinegar
3 c. salt

Preparation

Slice cucumbers.
Soak in lime water to cover for 12 hours, then wash in tap water.
Soak cucumbers for 4 hours in salt water, then wash in tap water.
Soak for 2 hours in tap water.
Mix alum in water and bring cucumbers to a boil, then wash well.
Put cucumbers in pot with vinegar, sugar and spices.
Put spices in a bag.
Heat until hot.
Put in hot sterile jars and seal.