Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

24 ripe cucumbers
2 c. lime, dissolved in 2 gal. water
2 qt. cider vinegar
6 lb. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pickling spice
1 tsp. cloves

Preparation

Pour lime mixture over cucumbers covering cucumbers completely. Soak 24 hours, then drain and rinse well.
Then soak 3 hours in ice water.
Drain and cover with following mixture and let set out overnight:
cider vinegar, sugar, salt, pickling spice and cloves. Next morning, put on stove over medium heat.
Bring to a boil. Boil 10 minutes.
Place in jars and seal.