Peel and cut up rind, ... add 2 tablespoons alum. Drain next morning and ... until tender. Make brine with sugar to your liking, ... and fill with pickles and brine. Seal. Process 15 minutes in boiling bath.
Wash 25 cucumbers and put ... jar. Put a brine over them of 2 cup ... it over the pickles. Leave 2 weeks and ... with 2 tablespoons alum. Stand 24 hours then ... to keep bugs out.
Put cucumbers of dill size in a brine strong enough to float an egg and enough to cover pickles. (Brine is made by ... a piece of alum as big as a walnut, ... crisp). Drain and wash.