Virginia Chunk Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 peck small dill size cucumbers, cut in 1-inch chunks
1 gal. cold water
2 c. salt
2 Tbsp. alum

Preparation

Soak cucumbers in cold water and salt for 7 days.
Stir every morning so as not to get a scum.
On the eighth day, drain and rinse.
Soak for 24 hours in 1 gallon cold water to 2 tablespoons alum.
Drain well.