Hodge Podge

Ingredients

• Slice one peck of green tomatoes
• sprinkle lightly with salt
• Half a gallon good vinegar
• one dozen large onions
• four large pods of green pepper
• half pound of white mustard seed
• quarter pound of black mustard seed
• one teaspoonful each of cloves
• one teaspoonful each of mace
• one teaspoonful each of ginger
• one teaspoonful each of black pepper
• one teaspoonful each of cinnamon
• one teaspoonful each of celery seed

Method

1. 1

   Slice the green tomatoes, sprinkle lightly with salt and let it stand for two hours, then drain off the liquid.

2. 2

   To the tomatoes add the vinegar, sliced onions, minced green pepper, white mustard seed, black mustard seed, and the spices.

3. 3

   It is best to put this pickle up in small jars and seal.

4. 4

   It is ready for use as soon as made.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 478. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HODGE PODGE. Slice one peck of green tomatoes, sprinkle lightly with salt and let it stand two hours, then drain off the liquid and throw it away, and to the tomatoes add the following ingredients : Half a gallon good vinegar, one dozen large onions (sliced), four large pods of green pepper (minced fine), half pound of white mustard seed, quarter pound black mustard seed, and one teaspoonful each of cloves

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