Grandma'S Chunk Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 to 6 qt. cucumbers (about 25 five-inch)
8 c. sugar
1 qt. cider vinegar
2 Tbsp. salt (canning)
mixed pickle spices (in a bag, about 1/2 can)
1 tsp. green food coloring
pinch of alum (in each jar)

Preparation

Clean cucumbers.
Put in a large bowl.
Pour boiling water on whole cucumbers for 4 mornings.
Fifth morning, cut pickles into 1/2 to 3/4-inch chunks, discarding ends.
Make syrup with sugar, vinegar, salt and spices.
Pour hot syrup over cucumbers.
Reheat syrup on mornings 6 and 7.
On morning 8, simmer syrup for 5 minutes; add food coloring and can.