Instructions: Place cucumbers in large crock. Do not use metal container. Make a brine of 2 cups salt to 1 gallon water. Boil and pour over cucumbers. Let stand 1 week. (In hot weather, skim daily). Drain and cut in chunks. For the next 3 mornings, make a boiling solution of 1 gallon water 1 tablespoon powdered alum. Drain first solution and pour water-alum solution over cucumbers.

Make a fresh solution each day. On the 4th day, drain and discard alum water. Boil 6 cups vinegar, 5 cups sugar, 1/3 cup pickling spice and 1 tablespoon celery seed; pour over cucumbers. On 5th day, drain, reserve liquid and add 2 cups sugar. Heat liquid again to boiling and pour over cucumbers. On 6th day, drain and reserve liquid; add 1 cup sugar. Heat to boiling. Pack pickles into sterilized jars. Cover with boiling liquid to within 1/2 inch of jar top. Seal at once. Delicious!

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