Place cucumbers in gallon jar. ... water to which Alum has been added. Let set ... to cover the pickles. Just leave pickles in ... and are very crispy.
Ingredients: 8 (alum .. jar .. salt .. spice .. sugar .. vinegar ...)
1st Day: Soak in above ... 24 hours in alum water. 4th Day: Make syrup ... cucumbers in jars. Pour hot syrup over and seal. Hot pack quarts 10 minutes.
Put cucumber strips in stone ... hours. Drain; add alum to cucumbers, cover with boiling ... 4 days. Pack pickles into hot Ball jars, leaving ... Yields about 6 pints.