Virginia Pickles
["75 cucumbers (4 to 5-inches long) or 2 gal. small ones", "2 c. salt", "3 Tbsp. alum", "6 c. vinegar", "6 c. sugar", "1/3 c. pickling spice", "1 Tbsp. celery seed"]
["Make a brine of a proportion of 2 cups salt to one gallon water; boil and pour over cucumbers boiling hot.", "Let stand one week.", "In hot weather, skim daily.", "Drain and cut in chunks or slice.", "For the next 3 mornings, make a boiling hot solution of one tablespoon powdered alum and one gallon water and pour over the pickles.", "Each morning drain the pickles and make the solution fresh."]
["cucumbers", "salt", "alum", "vinegar", "sugar", "pickling spice", "celery"]