Sweet Pickles

• 100 Small Cucumbers Alum
• 3 Dozen Black Peppers
• A Dozen Allspice

Wash the cucumbers, selecting nice small ones, of about a finger in length. Cover them with a strong brine, sufficiently strong to bear an egg. Put a cover over the jar, and let them stand for about three days. Then take them out and throw away the brine, rejecting all the Pickles that have become soft under pressure. Put into a kettle of fresh water, and add a little powdered alum, allowing ab