Overnight Chunk Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

cucumbers
1 c. salt, dissolved in 1 gal. water
vinegar
sugar and spices to taste

Preparation

Soak cucumbers in brine overnight (1 cup salt dissolved in 1 gallon of water).
Drain and cut in chunks.
Cook until just hot through in vinegar and water to cover, 2 parts vinegar to 1 part water.
Cook a layer at a time in flat pan.
Pack in jars.
Drain off excess liquid.
Make a syrup to suit your taste as to sugar and spices.
Pour over pickles in jars to cover, having the syrup boiling hot.
Seal at once.