Wilma Ludlow 's Crystal Rings

Ingredients

• 10 large cucumbers
• 1 1/2 cups salt
• 3 tablespoons alum
• 1 1/2 cups white vinegar
• 8 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon clove oil
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon oil
• 1 ounce whole allspice
• 1 ounce celery seed

Directions

1. 1

   im writing recipe as written here.

2. 2

   use large cucumber.

3. 3

   peel and slice 1/4 to1/2 inch thick.

4. 4

   take out seeds

5. 5

   soak 3 days in brine of 1 1/2 cups salt to 1 gallon water making sure to have weighted plate on so no pickles pop up will mold in this method

6. 6

   drain well

7. 7

   soak in alum water for 3 days

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   fresh each day

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   that is 1 tablespoon alum to gallon of water

10. 10

    drain in alum water

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    add alum size of walnut until clearness of pickle

12. 12

    drain real well

13. 13

    vinegar solution is rest of ingredients

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    pour over cucumbers for 3 days

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    then heat together and put in jars and seal makes 11/2 gallon can be colored red or green for holidays.