Green Tomato Chow Chow Recipe
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Ingredients: 26 to 28 medium sized green tomatoes (4 quarts chopped)
1 head cabbage (4 quarts chopped)
2 large onions (3 cups chopped)
2 large sweet red peppers (1 cup chopped)
1/4 cup canning salt
1 tsp. ground allspice
2 tsp. celery seed
2 tsp. mustard seed
1 pound brown sugar (2 cups firmly packed)
1 quart cider vinegar
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Directions:Sprinkle layers of chopped tomatoes, cabbage, onions, and pepper with salt. Let stand overnight. The next morning, cover with cold water (do not rinse) and drain in colander.
Add spices, sugar and vinegar. Simmer until quite thick, about 25 minutes. Pack into hot 1/2 pint or pint canning jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Adjust caps. Process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. |
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Servings:about 8 pints |
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Notes: Mother's aunt, Victoria Raif Jennings, "Aunt Vick," used to make Green Tomato Chow Chow each year. It was one of the things I looked forward to each summer, when the green tomatoes were ready to be picked. In the year 2000 I asked her daughter, Margaret, if she had the recipe. This question caught her off guard. She did not have it and said it was something she had never thought about and that she never thought about asking for. She said it was one of the many recipes that Aunt Vick carried with her to the grave. Aunt Vice had most of her recipes in her head.
If you have a food grinder with a very coarse chopping blade, it can be used to make relish. A food processor with a coarse chopping disk (like a French fry cutter) can also be used (some additional chopping may be needed).
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