Goldia Dyer'S Sweet Pickles
["16 lb. cucumbers (4 gal. jar)", "10 lb. sugar", "2 oz. powdered alum", "1 gal. white vinegar", "1 box pickling spices", "1 pt. salt to 1 gal. water for brine"]
["Soak cucumbers 14 days in brine.", "Drain and wash.", "Mix alum in 1 gallon of water.", "Cut cucumbers in chunks.", "Pour alum water over cucumbers and let stand 6 to 8 hours.", "Drain.", "Pour vinegar over cucumbers and let stand overnight.", "Drain and discard vinegar. Put a layer of cucumbers in bottom of jar, then a layer of sugar, adding spices all along.", "Continue until all sugar and cucumbers have been used.", "Let stand 3 days.", "Put in clean jars, pouring sugar mixture over pickles and seal.", "No heating of jars or sugar water is necessary.", "This can be halved very well."]
["cucumbers", "sugar", "powdered alum", "white vinegar", "pickling spices", "salt"]