Chow-Chow (Mrs. King)

Ingredients

• Take a peck of cucumbers
• one peck of onions
• half a peck of string beans
• three heads of cauliflower
• three bunches of celery
• a half dozen sweet peppers
• three-quarters of a pound of mustard
• two packages of curry powder
• six quarts of good vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Soak the vegetables in strong salt and water overnight.

2. 2

   Drain and scald in weak salt and water.

3. 3

   Cut into shapes for jars.

4. 4

   Mix mustard and curry powder into vinegar, boil, and pour over the pickles in jars while hot.

5. 5

   Do not cover while scalding.

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. King. Take a peck of cucumbers, one peck of onions, half a peck of string beans, three heads of cauliflower, three 148 THE HOME COOK BOOK. bunches of celery, a half dozen sweet peppers ; soak the whole in strong salt and water over night ; in the morning drain off the brine and scald them all in weak salt and water, but before scalding cut them into shape so that they will go easily into glass jars ; add three-quarters of a pound of mustard, two packages of curry powder, and six quarts of good vinegar

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.