Mix salt in water. Let pickles tand in this for 7 days. Stir every day. After 7 days, put pickles in clean water for 3 days, changing water every day.
Slice in desired chunks and boil in alum water. (2 Tbl alum to 1 gallon of pciles. Let stand over night.
Next day, wash pickles off good and drain water off, thoroughly. Dry pickles on a heavy towel.
Bring to a boil vinegar, sugar and pickling spice. (Can add green food coloring) Pour mixture over pickles. Do this for 3 days. Then for 3 more days add a 1 cup sugar each morning. When brought to a boil on the 6th day, put in jars and boil in water bath for 5 minutes to seal.
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9/29/2011
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