Red Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 gal. ripe, peeled and cored cucumbers
2 c. lime
2 1/2 gal. water
1 c. vinegar
1 Tbsp. alum
1 oz. bottle red food coloring
3 c. vinegar
12 c. sugar
20 to 30 oz. red hots
3 c. water
12 cinnamon sticks

Preparation

Soak cucumbers 24 hours in lime and 2 1/2 gallons water.
Wash real well and soak 3 hours in cold water.
Mix 1 cup vinegar, alum and red food coloring.
Add enough water to the cucumbers to cover well and simmer 2 hours.
Drain well.
Mix 3 cups vinegar, sugar, red hots, 3 cups water and cinnamon sticks.
Heat until candy and sugar dissolve.
Stir often so candy will not stick to pan.
Bring to a boil and pour over cucumbers.
Pour off liquid each morning for 3 mornings.
Bring to boil and pour liquid back over cucumbers. The 4th morning, put pan on stove and bring all of it to a boil and put in jars.