Christmas Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 Tbsp. pickling spice
4 Tbsp. alum
4 Tbsp. salt
4 c. vinegar
cucumbers
6 c. sugar
8 Tbsp. water

Preparation

Mix the first 4 ingredients well; pour over gallon jar full of washed, whole cucumbers.
Finish filling jar with water.
Seal; let stand until December.
Remove cucumbers from jars and rinse them.
Throw away the brine.
Slice cucumbers; put into canning jars.
Mix the sugar and water; pour over cucumbers in jars.
They are ready to be eaten the next day.
Do not refrigerate after opening.