Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lb. sliced cucumbers
1 (.4 oz.) bottle Lily Lime (calcium hydroxide; get at the drugstore)
3 lb. sugar
1 qt. vinegar
1 Tbsp. salt
1/2 c. mixed spices or pickle seasoning
1 gal. cold water

Preparation

Add cucumbers to water with lime mixed in.
Soak for 24 hours. Rinse.
Soak for 3 hours in clear water; drain.
Mix sugar, vinegar, salt and spices and add cucumbers.
Leave overnight. Drain out syrup and heat syrup to a boil, then add cucumbers and cook for 45 minutes.
Put in jars and seal.
(Add a little green food coloring to make them look pretty.)