Cucumber Pickles(Need Not To Seal.) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. chunked pickles
1 c. salt
3 Tbsp. alum
vinegar over pickles
2 1/2 lb. sugar

Preparation

Let 1 cup salt and enough water to cover pickles set 5 days. Drain and wash; put back in jug.
Put 3 tablespoons alum in water and pour over pickles; let set for 24 hours.
Drain and wash.
Put back in jug and cover with vinegar.
Let set for 24 hours.
Drain and put pickles back into jug and put 2 1/2 pounds sugar over pickles.
Put lid on jug and let set.