Into a clean Stone Jar (Crock) or Barrel put 2 Gallons of Cucumbers (Pickles). Dissolve 2 Cups of Salt in 1 Gallon of boiling water. Pour while hot over the pickles. Then cover and let stand 1 Week.
On the 8th Day (now we know what God did) Drain the crock and pour a new Gallon of boiling water over the pickles and let stand 24 hours.
On the 9th Day. Drain and Pour 1 Gallon of boiling water with 1 Tbsp of Powdered Alum over pickles and let stand 24 hours.
On the 10th Day drain again, pour 1 gallon boiling water and let stand 24 hours, then drain.
For the Pickling Mixture:
Combine 5 pints of Vinegar, boiling hot with 6 cups of Sugar, 1/2 oz of celery seed and 1 oz of cinnamon stick. Pour this over the pickles, drain off for 3 mornings, reheating it and adding a1 cup of sugar each morning. With third and last morning, heating, pack pickles in sterilized jars, pour hot liquid over them and seal.
Sounds like a lot of work to me...
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