90 Day Pickles

Directions

1. 1
   Wash cucumbers; pack in big mouth, glass gallon jar.
2. 2
   Cover cucumbers with vinegar and add alum, allspice, cloves and salt. Put on jar lid and leave it for 90 days.
3. 3
   At the end of 90 days, drain off vinegar and spices, then slice the cucumbers and return to gallon jar.
4. 4
   Cover with sugar; set aside and occasionally tilt jar to help melt the sugar.
5. 5
   The sugar will draw the vinegar out of the pickles to make a liquid to cover the pickles.
6. 6
   You may put in smaller jars and seal.
7. 7
   These are good pickles and so easy to make.