Chow-Chow

Ingredients

• 1 peck green tomatoes
• H peck ripe tomatoes
• 6 onions
• 3 heads of cabbage
• 1 dozen green peppers
• •? red peppers
• yz spoonful salt
• 3 lbs. brown sugar
• y2 teacupful grated horse-radish
• 1 spoonful each ground black pepper
• 1 spoonful each ground mustard
• 1 spoonful each white mustard
• 1 spoonful each mace
• 1 spoonful each celery seed
• Cover all with vinegar.

Method

1. 1

   Chop ingredients to suit, sprinkle with salt, put in a cotton bag, and drain for 24 hours.

2. 2

   Put in a kettle with brown sugar, grated horse-radish, and spices.

3. 3

   Cover with vinegar and boil till clear.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New York receipt book (1882) by D.B. Dewey & Co, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chow-Chow. — 1 peck green tomatoes, H peck ripe tomatoes, 6 onions, 3 heads of cabbage, 1 dozen green peppers, •? red peppers; chop to suit; sprinkle with yz spoonful salt. Put in course cotton bag; drain 24 hours. Put in a ket¬ tle with 3 lbs. brown sugar; y2 teacupful grated horse-radish; 1 spoonful each ground black pepper, ground mustard, white mustard, mace, and celery seed. Cover all with vinegar.

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