Icicle (14 Day) Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. pickling salt
1 gal. cucumbers, sliced or quartered
1 Tbsp. alum
1 qt. hot vinegar (5% acidity)
4 pt. sugar
spices (optional)

Preparation

Wash cucumbers and slice (approximately 1/4-inch).
Place in a jug.
Dissolve salt in 1/2 gallon boiling water; pour over cucumbers.
Let sit 7 days.
(Remove scum if forms.) Cover with a thin cloth.