Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. cucumbers
2 c. slack lime
water
8 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. salt
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. celery seed
2 qt. vinegar
1 tsp. whole clove
1 tsp. pickling spice

Preparation

Wash and slice cucumbers in 1-inch slices.
Dissolve 2 cups slack lime in 2 quarts water and add 2 gallons more water.
Put pickles in mixture and let stand 24 hours.
Rinse several times in cold water and let stand 3 hours in cold ice water.
Drain well and put into mixture.
Bring to a boil sugar, salt, celery seed, vinegar, whole clove and pickling spice and boil 35 minutes or until clear.
Put in clear, sterilized jars and seal.
You may use your larger cucumbers if not bitter.