Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 gal. sliced cucumbers
2 gal. water
4 c. plain salt
4 oz. alum
1 gal. white vinegar
1 Tbsp. turmeric
10 lb. sugar
pickling spice

Preparation

Cover sliced cucumbers with water and salt.
Let stand 7 days. Drain and wash cucumbers.
Cover again with water and alum.
Let stand 2 nights.
Drain well.
Cover with vinegar and turmeric. Let stand 1 night.
Drain well.
Cover with sugar, layer of cucumbers and layer of sugar mixed with small amount of pickling spice.
Put in jars.
Sugar preserves them.