Cinnamon Cucumber Rings

• 2 gallons cucumbers, seeded, peeled and sliced
• 2 cups limes, sliced
• 8 1/2 quarts water
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 ounce red food coloring
• 1 tablespoon alum
• 2 cups vinegar
• 2 cups water
• 10 cups sugar
• 8 cinnamon sticks
• 1 (12 ounce) bag red-hot candies

1. Prepare cucumbers.
2. add lime and 8 1/2 qts water.
3. let stand 24 hrs.
4. drain, rinse, soak 3 hrs in cold water.
5. drain again.
6. simmer for 2 hrs in vinegar, red color, alum and enough water to cover.
7. drain.
8. Heat to make syrup of the last 5 ingredients (vinegar, water, sugar, and cinnamon sticks, and red hots).
9. Pour over the cucumbers.
10. let stand overnight or 8 hrs.
11. Drain and reheat syrup and pour over again letting stand for another 8 hours.
12. Heat syrup a 3rd time, pack rings in jars and fill with hot syrup and seal.

cucumbers, water, vinegar, coloring, alum, vinegar, water, sugar, cinnamon, redhot candies

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cinnamon-cucumber-rings-169932 (may not work)