Crystal cukes

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

4 lb Cucumbers, Sliced 6 c Sugar
1 c Salt 1 qt Vinegar
1 ga Ater 1 tb Cinnamon Sticks, Broken
1 ts Alum 1 tb Whole Celery Seed
1 tb Powdered Ginger 1 tb Whole All Spice
2 c Water 1 tb Whole Cloves

Place the washed and sliced cucumbers in a brine made of the salt and
gallon of water. Let stand in the brine for 8 days. Drain. Boil
cucumbers in enough water to cover the cucumbers and the alum. Drain
again. Mix the 2 cups of water, sugar and vinegar. Place broken cinnamon
sticks, all spice, cloves and celery seed in a cloth sack. Place sack in
vinegar mixture. Bring to a boil with occasional stirring. Drop in
cucumbers and boil until clea, transparent and tender. Pack into hot quart
jars. Fill jars to top with syrup and seal.