Lime-Processed Pickled Cucumbers

• 6 lb Pickling Cucumbers
• 1/2 cup Salt
• 1 cup Pickling Lime
• 1 Water

1. Wash cucumbers well.
2. Cut about 1/16" off the blossom end of each cucumber and discard.
3. Cut cucumbers into 1/4" slices.
4. Dissolve 1 cup pickling lime and 1/2 cup salt in 1 gallon water.
5. in a 2- to 3-gallon crock or enamelware container.
6. Avoid inhaling lime dust.
7. Soak cucumber slices in lime water for 12-24 hours, stirring occasionally.
8. Remove from lime solution.
9. Rinse, and soak for 1 hour in fresh cold water.
10. Repeat rinsing and soaking twice more.
11. Handle carefully, as cucumber slices will be brittle.
12. Drain well.

pickling cucumbers, salt, pickling lime, water

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/364481-lime-processed-pickled-cucumbers (may not work)