Apple Rings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

10 or 12 large cucumbers, peeled and cut in rings about 1/4-inch thick
1 c. pickling lime
1 c. vinegar
1 Tbsp. alum
1 small bottle red food color
2 c. vinegar
10 c. sugar
8 broken sticks cinnamon
6 oz. red hot candies
water

Preparation

Soak cucumbers in solution of
1 cup pickling lime to 1 gallon of water for 24
hours.
Rinse
and soak in clear water for 3 hours;
drain and rinse again.
Simmer rings in solution of 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup water, alum and red food color; do not boil.
Drain and cover with syrup mixture of 2 cups vinegar, 2 cups water, sugar, cinnamon and red hot candies; bring to boil until red hots melt.
Drain
rings
and
cover with syrup mixture, boiling hot. Pack rings in jar and seal.