Icicle Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. salt
alum
8 c. boiling water
handful mixed spices
2 qt. vinegar

Preparation

Cover with salt and water 24 hours.
Drain and put alum size of walnut.
Cover with boiling water, spices and vinegar.
Boil and pour over pickles.
Do this 4 days (just heat juice).