Wash the cucumbers. Make a brine of the vinegar, water, and ... boiling water bath. Pickles will shrivel after processing. They ... jars. Yield: 6 pints.
Ingredients: 10 (alum .. corns .. jar .. salt .. vinegar ...)
Day 1: Place cucumbers in crock. Cover with brine for 7 days. Brine: water ... Skim scum from pickles each day. Day 8: Drain ... a lump of alum the size of an egg. ... seal in scalded jars.
Ingredients: 10 (boxes .. cloves .. salt .. sm. .. sticks .. sugar ...)
Wash cucumbers and place in crock/stone jar. Make brine of salt and 4 quarts ... brine and cut pickles lengthwise (if large). Heat 4 ... to boiling, add alum and pour over pickles. Let ... morning. Seal in jars.
Place sliced cucumbers in crock. ... boil. Pour boiling brine over sliced cucumbers. Let stand ... and 1 tablespoon alum. Let stand 6 hours. ... at beginning if desired.
Don't cut off ends until they are in chunks. Make brine (cold water) to float an ... inch chunks. Add alum, cover with cold water ... fourth day pack pickles in jars, pour hot syrup ... a sweeter, better taste.
Slice small cucumbers thin and set in brine for 8 days. Make brine ... drain and rinse pickles with cold water. Put pickles in a kettle; add powdered alum; cover with water and ... 5 to 6 pints.