5 Year Pickles

7 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 12 lb. cucumbers
  • 1 heaping c. salt
  • 1 gal. water
  • 1 gal. vinegar
  • 14 tsp. powdered alum
  • 8 lb. sugar
  • 1 box pickling spices

Directions

  1. 1
    Use stone jar, plastic tub or something like that.
  2. 2
    Put in layer of cucumbers, layer of sugar and so on until all is used. Add spices.
  3. 3
    Using your hand, mix from the top to bottom until sugar is dissolved.
  4. 4
    This will make the syrup.
  5. 5
    Store in same container or put in glass jars.
  6. 6
    Will keep for a long time.

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