Crystal Cukes

Recipes Ingredients:

4 lb Cucumbers, Sliced
6 c Sugar
1 c Salt
1 qt Vinegar
1 ga Ater
1 tb Cinnamon Sticks, Broken
1 ts Alum
1 tb Whole Celery Seed
1 tb Powdered Ginger
1 tb Whole All Spice
2 c Water
1 tb Whole Cloves

Recipe Instructions:

Place the washed and sliced cucumbers in a brine made of the salt and gallon of water. Let stand in the brine for 8 days. Drain. Boil cucumbers in enough water to cover the cucumbers and the alum. Drain again. Mix the 2 cups of water, Sugar and vinegar. Place broken cinnamon sticks, all spice, cloves and celery seed in a cloth sack. Place sack in vinegar mixture. Bring to a boil with occasional stirring. Drop in cucumbers and boil until clea, transparent and tender. Pack into Hot quart jars. Fill jars to top with Syrup and seal.