Sweet Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. sliced cucumbers
3 c. lime in 2 gal. water
4 1/4 to 5 lb. sugar
3 pt. cider vinegar
1 tsp. each: ginger root, cinnamon bark, cloves, allspice and celery seed, tied in a cloth bag

Preparation

Soak cucumbers 24 hours in the lime solution.
Wash out lime water, then soak 1 hour each for 4 times.
Bring sugar, spices and vinegar to a rolling boil.
Pour over cucumbers and let sit for 12 hours.
Bring to a boil and cook 1 hour or until clear.
Pack (with liquid) cucumber pickles into hot jars and seal.