Icicle Pickles

Directions

1. 1
   To pickles add salt; pour 1 gallon boiling water over pickles. Soak them in this brine for 1 week, stirring once a day to keep scum from forming.
2. 2
   Drain, cover with fresh boiling water for 24 hours.
3. 3
   Drain.
4. 4
   Add alum the size of a walnut and cover with boiling water and soak 24 hours.
5. 5
   Drain.
6. 6
   Cut pickles into chunks. Heat to boiling vinegar, sugar and pickling spice.
7. 7
   Pour over pickles hot.
8. 8
   Repeat every morning for 4 days, then they are ready to can.