Aunt Della'S Nine Day Sweet Pickles

• cucumbers
• 2 c. pickling salt
• 1 gal. water
• powdered alum
• pickling spices
• vinegar
• sugar

1. Wash cucumbers.
2. Cut into chunks.
3. Mix salt and water in given proportions enough to cover cucumbers; heat and pour over cucumbers, which have been packed in a stone jar.
4. Let stand 3 days.
5. Drain and discard brine.
6. Make a solution of 3 tablespoons alum to 1 gallon water; heat and pour over cucumbers.
7. Let stand 3 days.
8. Drain.
9. Cover with clear water and let stand overnight. Drain for 30 minutes.
10. Replace in stone jar.
11. Make solution of 1/2 gallon vinegar (white) and 4 quarts sugar.
12. Tie 1/2 box pickling spices in a cloth and place down in jar.
13. Let stand 3 days. Remove from stone jar and pack in canning jars.
14. Heat vinegar solution to boiling.
15. Cover pickles and seal.

cucumbers, pickling salt, water, powdered alum, pickling spices, vinegar, sugar

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=972697 (may not work)