Recipe - Crystal Cukes

4 pound Cucumbers, Sliced
1 cup Salt
1 ga Ater
1 teaspoon Alum
1 tablespoon Powdered Ginger
2 cup Water
6 cup Sugar
1 qt Vinegar
1 tablespoon Cinnamon Sticks, Broken
1 tablespoon Whole Celery Seed
1 tablespoon Whole All Spice
1 tablespoon Whole Cloves

Place the washed and cut or sliced up 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.

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