Cucumbers
Salt (canning or pickling salt)
Sugar
Pickling spices
Water
Vinegar
Alum

Wash small to medium sized cucumbers. Soak cucumbers in the following: 1 cup pickling salt to each gallon of cold water needed to cover cucumbers. Soak 1 week. May need to skim in humid weather. Adding a few ice cubes may help.

8th Day: Drain off brine, cover with fresh hot water.

9th Day: Drain and cover with fresh hot water after splitting pickles.

10th Day: Drain and add 1 tablespoon alum to each gallon of fresh hot water to cover.

11th Day: Drain. Mix 5 cups vinegar, 5 cup sugar, 3-5 tablespoons mixed pickling spices to taste. Boil and pour over pickles. Reheat vinegar 3 mornings. Pour over pickles - last day can. (Amount of vinegar varies with amount of cucumbers.)