Icicle Pickles

Directions

1. 1
   Pour 1 gallon of boiling water over cucumbers.
2. 2
   Add salt.
3. 3
   Let pickles stand for 1 week; stir every day.
4. 4
   Drain and add 1 gallon boiling water and alum.
5. 5
   Let stand 24 hours.
6. 6
   Drain and make a syrup of sugar, vinegar and pickling spices (put spices in a white cloth and tie it).
7. 7
   Heat syrup and pour over cucumbers for three mornings.
8. 8
   On the fourth morning, heat syrup and can cucumbers. Seal at once.