Crispy Pickles

6 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • cucumbers (very fresh)
  • plain salt
  • alum
  • vinegar (I use white)
  • 9 c. sugar
  • pickling spice

Directions

  1. 1
    Fill a gallon jug with sliced cucumbers (about 1/4 inch thick).
  2. 2
    Add one cup plain salt and water to fill jug.
  3. 3
    Soak 4 days.
  4. 4
    Wash and soak 24 hours in two tablespoons of alum and water to cover cucumbers.
  5. 5
    Wash and cover with vinegar for 10 days. Wash and add 3 cups sugar each day for 3 days.
  6. 6
    Add pickling spice in a cloth (however much you like).
  7. 7
    May be put in pint jars or left in gallon jug.

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