Easy Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    cucumbers
    2 Tbsp. salt
    1 gal. apple cider vinegar
    oil of cloves
    4 to 5 lb. sugar
Preparation
    Fill gallon jug with cucumbers standing end to end (7 to 8 pounds).
    Add salt; cover with cider vinegar.
    Tie cloth over jug; let stand 6 weeks.
    Do nothing.
    At end of 6 weeks, drain off vinegar.
    Rinse well.
    Dry with paper towels.
    Slice cucumbers thin; put back in jug.
    Add 2 to 3 drops oil of cloves.
    Layer cucumbers with sugar.
    Wait 2 weeks.
    Serve.
    Do not have to refrigerate, always crisp.

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