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Bushman
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Posted 8:44 am, 07/01/2010
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Chow Chow Relish
4 c. chopped cabbage
2 c. chopped onions
2 chopped green peppers
2 c. green tomatoes
1 whole pod hot red pepper
1 whole pod hot green pepper
1/2 c. salt (plain salt, not iodized or your relish will turn
dark and will be mushy
3/4 c. sugar
3 tbsp. mustard seed
2 tbsp. celery seed
4 c. apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp whole cloves or pickling spice (be sure cloves are part
of the pickling spice mixture.
Wash and drain vegetables.
Peel onions. Remove seeds from sweet peppers.
Chop and measure all vegetables.
Dissolve salt in 8 cups water.
Pour over vegetables and let stand 1 hour.
Drain. (If too salty, rinse and drain again.)
Mix vegetables with sugar, seed and vinegar.
Bring to boiling. Simmer 20 minutes.
Pack boiling hot into jars, seal at once.
Hot Dixie chow-chow
2 qts chopped cabbage
4 C. chopped onions
4 C. chopped sweet red pepper
3 C. chopped green pepper
4 C. chopped hot pepper
1/2 C. kosher salt
1 C. sugar
4 T. mustard seed
3 T. celery seed
2 qts. white vinegar
1 qt tomato juice
Pour salt over chopped vegetables and let drain in collender for 1 hour.
If too salty, rinse and drain
(i use 1/4 cup on veggies and taste when 1 hour is up)
use the other 1/4 cup if needed
Add the vegetables ,juice, sugar and spices to a large pan with the
vinegar. Simmer for 20 minutes. Bring to a boil.
Ladle into hot, sterilized jars. Adjust lids. Process in a hot
water bath for 15 minutes.
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smalltownman
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Posted 7:54 pm, 06/30/2010
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Yeah, and I do Lowe's Foods, Harris Teeter and Whole Foods. Have been known to hit the Hungry Kitty in a pinch.
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Movin South
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Posted 7:53 pm, 06/30/2010
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guess a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do do
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mcmommy
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Posted 7:53 pm, 06/30/2010
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My grandma's homemade ChowChow...yum. 
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smalltownman
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Posted 7:51 pm, 06/30/2010
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The Weather Channel will interrupt all TV stations reporting that Hell-o has frozen over before you'll find me in a Wal Mart!
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Movin South
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Posted 7:47 pm, 06/30/2010
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lowes food, whatta ya dicombobulated, everyone knows wallie world produce is where its at~
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smalltownman
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Posted 7:38 pm, 06/30/2010
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Start out with a jar of Mrs. Hiatt's in the Produce Dept. at Lowe's Foods and go from there.
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feathersgalore
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Posted 7:36 pm, 06/30/2010
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I recently heard about this relish and have come across a hundred recipes. There are so many different kinds so which one is the best?
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