Cucumber Lime Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. cucumbers, sliced crosswise
2 c. Mrs. Wages pickling lime
2 gal. water
8 c. white vinegar (strength 5% acidity)
8 c. sugar
2 tsp. mixed pickling spices
1 tsp. salt

Preparation

Soak clean cucumbers in water and lime mixture in crockery or enamel ware for 12 hours or overnight. (Do not use aluminum ware). Wash 3 or 4 times in clear water and soak in fresh ice water for 3 hours. Combine remaining ingredients and bring to a low boil to make syrup. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add cucumbers and soak 5 to 6 hours or overnight. Boil pickles in soaking liquid for 35 minutes. Fill jars with cucumber slices and pour syrup over cucumbers leaving 1/8-inch headspace. Put lids on each filled jar. Process 5 minutes in boiling water bath method. Label and store in dry, dark, cool place.