| Icicle Pickle
1 1/2 gallons of cucumbers
2 tablespoons of alum
2 cups of salt
Slice the cucumbers across, soak in salt water 3 days. (2 cups of salt to a gallon of boiling water.)
Soak in alum water overnight. (2 tablespoons of alum to a gallon boiling water.) Drain. Make syrup.
Syrup:
2 1/2 pints vinegar
5 pounds of sugar
2 tablespoons of celery seed
6 or 8 sticks cinnamon
Heat and pour over pickles each day for 4 days. Seal the 4th day. On the 4th day, heat cucumbers along with syrup. |
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