Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. salt
2 c. vinegar
9 1/2 c. water
dill seed
onion
garlic
alum

Preparation

Let salt, water and vinegar come to a boil.
Keep warm.
Fill jars with cucumbers.
Add lump of alum (size of a pea), 2 slices of onion, 2 cloves of garlic and 2 teaspoons of dill seed.
Fill jars with hot liquid and seal jars.
Makes 6 to 7 jars.