Red Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 gal. cucumbers
2 c. lime
1 c. vinegar
1/2 bottle red food coloring
1 Tbsp. alum
2 c. white vinegar
2 c. cold water
10 cinnamon sticks
10 c. sugar
19 oz. red hots candy

Preparation

Peel cucumbers 1/2-inch thick.
Soak 24 hours in lime to 2 gallons water.
Rinse lime off and soak 2 hours in cold water, then drain.
Mix 1 cup vinegar, red food coloring and alum.
Put in enough water to cover pickles and simmer for 1 hour, then drain.
Mix remaining ingredients.
Heat to boiling and pour over pickles and let stand overnight.
Heat for 3 days and on the third day, put into jars and seal.