Never Fail Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. powdered alum
cucumbers
1/8 c. pickling spices
1/4 c. salt
pure vinegar
8 c. sugar

Preparation

Put powdered alum in gallon jar.
Slice cucumbers to fill jar. Cover with cold water.
Let sit 24 hours.
Drain and rinse 2 or 3 times.
Put pickling spices and salt in jar with pickles and cover with pure vinegar.
Let sit for 6 weeks in cool place, then drain off vinegar and add sugar.
Let sit 3 weeks.
Ready to eat.
Never seal jar.
Keep in refrigerator.