Chow-Chow

Ingredients

• 2 medium cabbages
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• 34 cup flour
• 1 pound brown sugar
• 3 pints vinegar
• 1 pint chopped onion
• Y dozen red or green peppers
• 7 tablespoons dry mustard
• 1% box turmeric
• Salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Chop all vegetables.

2. 2

   Mix sugar, flour, mustard, and celery seed with vinegar.

3. 3

   Stir well.

4. 4

   Combine vegetables with syrup and cook slowly about 45 minutes.

5. 5

   Stir to prevent sticking.

6. 6

   Pack in sterile jars and seal.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 45. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOW-CHOW 12 peck artichokes 1 tablespoon turmeric 4 large onions 2 tablespoons white mustard 242 cups sugar seed 3 pints vinegar 2 tablespoons celery seed 3 tablespoons salt 1 teaspoon red pepper Grind artichokes and onions coarsely. Mix with other ingredients and simmer half an hour. Seal. Frances M. HawortH (Mrs. H. S., Sr.) PEAR RELISH 1 gallon hard pears, coarsely 14 red and green peppers ground (sweet), coarsely ground 14 gallon sweet onions, 4 hot peppers, coarsely ground coarsely ground Mix well and add 114 cups salt. Let stand over night. Next morning put in bag and drain. Rinse mixture 3 times and squeeze dry. Mix the following for syrup: 2 quarts vinegar 1 tablespoon turmeric 3 tablespoons white mustard 5 cups white sugar seed 3 tablespoons celery seed Cook syrup 10 minutes. Add ground mixture and let simmer 10 minutes. Pour in hot jars and seal. JENNIE H. HEDGECOCK (Mrs. Leslie) NN 119 THE QUAKER COOK BOOK WATERMELON RIND PICKLES 7 pounds rind — 1 pint vinegar — 3 pounds white sugar ; 2 tablespoons spice 1 tablespoon lime Pare off carefully the green part of the rind of a ripe watermelon. Trim off the red pulp and cut in any shape liked. Soak overnight in lime water. To make lime water add tablespoon of lime to one gallon of water. Rinse with hot water, then cool. Boil in strong ginger tea. Let vinegar, sugar and spices come to a boil. Put in rind and cook slowly three or four hours. Mrs. C. A. RING CHOW-CHOW 2 medium cabbages 1 tablespoon celery seed Y2 as much green tomatoes 3 pints vinegar 1 pound brown sugar . 1 pint chopped onion 34 cup flour Y dozen red or green peppers 7 tablespoons dry mustard 1% box turmeric Salt to taste

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