Icicle Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 gal. crock sliced cucumbers
1 pt. salt
alum
2 1/2 qt. vinegar
16 c. sugar
pickling spices

Preparation

Slice cucumbers lengthwise to fill a two-gallon crock. Dissolve salt in one gallon of boiling water.
Pour salt water over cucumbers.
Cover and let stand one week; drain.