14 Day Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 gal. cucumbers
1 pt. canning salt
1 Tbsp. alum
2 1/2 qt. vinegar
8 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. celery seed
cinnamon bark
water

Preparation

In large kettle, place 2 gallons washed cucumbers.
Add 1 pint of salt to each gallon of water.
Let stand 1 week.
Pour off water; rinse cucumbers.
Split each cucumber and return to kettle.
Cover with boiling water.
Let stand 24 hours; pour off water.
Return to kettle; cover with boiling water and alum. Leave 24 hours; pour off water.
Return to kettle; cover with hot vinegar, sugar, celery seed and cinnamon bark.
Pour off and reheat vinegar mixture for next 3 days.
Last day, heat mixture and pour over cucumbers in hot jars and seal.