Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 tsp. salt
5 tsp. alum
1 tsp. turmeric
4 tsp. all pickling spice
1 gal. jar sliced cucumbers

Preparation

Slice cucumbers (1/4-inch thick) into jar (1 gallon).
Fill jar with vinegar and spices; let stay for 60 days.
Drain off vinegar and add dry sugar until jar is full of syrup, made from the sugar.