Chow-Chow—Domestic

Ingredients

• 12 large green tomatoes
• 12 cucumbers
• 12 onions
• 1 head cabbage
• 3 quarts cider vinegar
• 1 cup grated horseradish
• 4 ounces white mustard seed
• 1/4 ounce celery seed
• 1 1/2 ounces ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons turmeric
• 4 tablespoons dry mustard
• 1/2 pound sugar
• 4 green peppers minced

Method

1. 1

   Chop the tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and cabbage small, mix, sprinkle with salt, and let stand overnight.

2. 2

   Drain off and cover with weak vinegar, letting it stand for 2 days.

3. 3

   Drain again and add the remaining ingredients.

4. 4

   Set it on the range in a bright kettle and boil up.

5. 5

   When cold, it is ready for use.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chow-Chow—Domestic. 12 large green tomatoes. 12 cucumbers. 12 onions. 1 head cabbage. There should be about twice as much cabbage when all are chopped as of any one of the others. Chop them small, mix, sprinkle with salt and let stand over night. Then drain off and cover with weak vinegar and let stand 2 days. Drain again and add to it 3 quarts cider vinegar. 1 cup grated horseradish. 4 ounces white mustard seed, ■J ounce celery seed. 1^ ounces ground cinnamon. 2 tablespoons turmeric. 4 tablespoons dry mustard. ^ pound sugar. 4 green peppers minced

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