Margaret'S Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. sliced cucumbers
4 tsp. alum
8 tsp. salt
vinegar
10 c. sugar
2 tsp. pickling spices

Preparation

Cover cucumbers, alum and salt with vinegar and let stand 2 months.
After 2 months drain all vinegar off cucumbers.
Cover with 10 cups of sugar and 2 teaspoons pickling spices in cloth. Let stand 2 weeks.
Ready to eat.
(Keep adding sugar until 10 cups are used.)