2 cups household lime
2 gallons water
5 lbs. sugar
3 qts vinegar
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp pickling spice
Soak cucumbers in lime water for 24 hours.
Wash and soak in clean water for 4 hours changing water 3 to 4 times. Combine sugar, vinegar, salt and pickling spices (tied in cloth), bring to boil.
Add cucumbers and let boil for 30 mins. Pout into hot jars.
- 1978 Methodist Church, Webster, Florida, Shirley Clark
