Split Pickles

Directions

1. 1
   Put pickles in water.
2. 2
   Leave the pickles in the brine for one week.
3. 3
   Drain brine off and cover with clear boiling water.
4. 4
   Leave pickles in this water for 24 hours.
5. 5
   Drain off and cover with boiling water into which place a lump of alum the size of hulled walnut.
6. 6
   Leave pickles in this water for 24 hours, take out, drain and pack in jars.
7. 7
   Cover with the next 6 ingredients, boiling hot. Leave pickles in this 24 hours, drain, heat mixture boiling hot and cover pickles.
8. 8
   Repeat this in 24 hours, then seal pickles.