7 Day Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. medium size cucumbers
1 qt. vinegar
8 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. salt (not iodized)
2 Tbsp. pickling spices

Preparation

Wash cucumbers thoroughly.
Cover with boiling water.
Let stand 24 hours and drain well.
Repeat each day for 4 days, using fresh boiling water each day.
On the 5th day, cut cucumbers into desired pieces.
Combine sugar, salt, vinegar and spices.
Bring to a boil and pour over cucumbers.
Let stand 24 hours.
Drain well.
Bring same syrup to a boil and cover cucumbers.
Repeat on 6th day.
On 7th day, drain and again bring syrup to a boil.
Add cucumbers; bring to a boiling point and put into hot, sterilized jars and seal.
First few days they look like they will spoil, but they will become very crisp.