Christmas Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. medium whole cucumbers
4 c. vinegar
4 Tbsp. alum
4 Tbsp. salt
4 Tbsp. pickling spice
6 c. sugar

Preparation

Wash whole cucumbers and pack tightly in wide-mouth gallon jar (glass).
Combine vinegar, alum, salt and pickling spice.
Pour this solution over cucumbers in jar.
Put lid on tight and set in a cool place for 2 weeks or more or can leave until a few weeks before Christmas.