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.

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