Chow-Chow (Mrs. C. A. Rogers)

Ingredients

• One-half bushel green tomatoes
• one dozen onions
• one dozen green peppers (chopped fine)
• two pounds sugar
• two tablespoons of cinnamon
• one pound of allspice
• one each of cloves
• one each of pepper
• one-half cup ground mustard
• one pint horse-radish
• vinegar enough to mix them

Method

1. 1

   Sprinkle the chopped vegetables with salt and let stand overnight.

2. 2

   Drain off the lime, cover with vinegar, and cook slowly for one hour.

3. 3

   Drain again and pack closely in a jar.

4. 4

   Mix sugar, spices, and mustard with vinegar, boil, and pour over the mixture in the jar.

5. 5

   Cover tightly.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new home cook book (1896), page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOW-CHOW. Mrs. C. A. Rogers. One-half bushel green tomatoes, one dozen onions, one dozen green peppers (chopped fine), sprinkle with salt, and let it stand over night ; then drain off the lime, cover it with vinegar, and cook one hour slowly; drain again and pack closely in a jar; take two pounds sugar, tvv^o tablespoons of cinnamon, one pound of allspice, one each of cloves and pepper, one-half cup ground mustard, one pint horse-radish, and vinegar enough tomix them

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