Tappannock Cucumber Pickles

Pickles

10 medium cucumbers, whole and unpeeled
water

Syrup

4 cups cider vinegar
8 cups sugar
2 tbs pickling seasonings, in a cloth
some mustard seed and celery seed

Day 1 - Wash cucumbers. Leave whole and unpeeled. Boil enough water to cover. Pour over cucumbers. Let stand over night.

Day 2 - Drain. Boil enough water to cover. Pour over cucumbers. Let stand over night.

Day 3 - 5 - Repeats steps from Day 2.

Day 6 - Mix syrup ingredients. Bring to a boil. Drain pickles. Slice pickles. Add boiling syrup. Let stand 3 days. Stir occasionally.

Day 9 - Put pickles in jars. Heat syrup. Pour over pickles in jars and seal.