Icicle Pickles

8 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 gal. cucumbers, cut lengthwise
  • 1 gal. water
  • 1 pt. salt
  • 1 gal. boiling water
  • 2 Tbsp. powdered alum
  • 2 gal. vinegar
  • 8 pt. sugar
  • spices to taste

Directions

  1. 1
    Let first 3 ingredients stand 7 days.
  2. 2
    Drain and pour off liquid.
  3. 3
    Add boiling water and alum.
  4. 4
    Let stand 24 hours.
  5. 5
    Drain; pour off liquid.
  6. 6
    Make syrup of vinegar and sugar.
  7. 7
    Boil and pour over cucumbers.
  8. 8
    Continue this for 4 days.
  9. 9
    Add spices to taste. Can and seal.

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