Virginia Paper Slices

Submitted By: Opal Bloomer

Ingredients

• 2 dozen medium-sized cucumbers, unpeeled
• 9 pints water
• 1 pint salt
• 1 tablespoon alum
• 2 tablespoons ground ginger
• 6 cups white sugar
• 4 cups white vinegar
• 2 cups water

1 tablespoon celery seed

1 tablespoon mixed pickling spices

Instructions

Slice cucumbers paper thin. Make a brine by combining water and salt. Soak cucumber slices in brine for seven days, stirring each day.
Rinse well; boil for 10 minutes in fresh water with alum.
Drain water; boil again in fresh water for 10 minutes with ginger.
Drain well; add sugar, vinegar, 2 cups water, celery seed, and pickling spices and boil

for 30 minutes or until clear. Seal in hot jars.