Grandmother's Tomato Pickle

Ingredients

• half a bushel green tomatoes
• two quarts cider vinegar
• eight green peppers
• twelve large-sized onions
• four pounds brown sugar
• one tablespoon black pepper
• one tablespoon cinnamon
• one tablespoon cloves
• one tablespoon allspice

Method

1. 1

   Slice the tomatoes and layer them in a kettle with salt; press with a heavy stone and let stand overnight.

2. 2

   Drain and put on fire with vinegar, add chopped peppers, sliced onions, brown sugar, and spices.

3. 3

   Cook slowly for four hours, stirring often.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 13 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Toronto Cook Book (1915) by Powell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 1853, page 180. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one tablespoon cinnamon, one tablespoon allspice, one cup sugar. Cook until soft. Piccalilli One peck of green tomatoes, sliced, add one teacup salt; let it stand and steam twenty-four hours, then drain off the liquid, add vinegar enough to cover, one teacup of sugar, four onions, one teacup horse radish, one tablespoon cloves, one tablespoon cinnamon. Pickles and Relishes 343 Grandmother's Tomato Pickle (This is delicious and should be in every home) Take half a bushel green tomatoes, slice, put in layers in kettle and cover with salt ; press with a heavy stone and let stand over night; in the morning drain off and put on fire with two quarts cider vinegar, or enough to cover; take eight green peppers'* chopped fine, and twelve large-sized onions sliced very thin, four pounds brown sugar, one tablespoon each of black pepper, cinnamon, cloves and allspice, all ground. After cooking to boiling point let cook slowly for four hours, stirring often to keep from sticking. This should be tested, as a little more of the different ingredients may be required to suit taste. Piccalilli One peck green tomatoes, six onions, one large head celery, two cups brown sugar (more if desired), one cup salt, one table- spoon each ground cinnamon, allspice and mustard, one teaspoon black pepper,

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