Chow Chow

Ingredients

• Two quarts small cucumbers
• 2 quarts small silver skin onions
• 3 fresh heads cauliflower
• 1 oz. turmeric powder
• 6 chopped red peppers
• 4 tablespoons mustard seed
• 2 tablespoons celery seed
• 2 of whole allspice
• 2 of cloves
• 1 coffeecup sugar
• | of teacup of best ground mixed mustard

Method

1. 1

   Separate cauliflower into small pieces, mix all these articles and sprinkle with salt, putting them into a stone jar.

2. 2

   Let stand 24 hours and drain.

3. 3

   Put them in a kettle over fire, cover with best cider vinegar, cover tightly and simmer until thoroughly cooked, stirring often.

4. 4

   Put in glass jars and seal while hot.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 118. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 quarts small silver skin onions, 3 fresh heads cauliflower, 158 SUPERIOR COOK BOOK Separate cauliflower juto small pieces, mix all these articles and sprinkle with ?alt, putting them into a stone jar, let stand 24 hours and drain. Kow put them in a kettle over fire, sprinkling through them 1 oz. turmeric powder, 6 chopped red peppers, 4 tablespoons mustard seed, 2 tablespoons celery seed, 2 of whole allspice, 2 of cloves, 1 coffeecup sugar, | of teacup of best ground mixed mustard

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