Chow Chow like grandma made!

Chow Chow

The rain started here in Washington a few days ago. It has killed my tomato plants leaving me with a lot of green tomatoes. I decided to make an old time family recipe Chow Chow (green tomato relish). I remember early fall at grandmas house was filled with the smell of this relish cooking. I always associate the smell with my grandma. Grandma served it with everything but it was always best with a big bowl of pinto beans. You should really give this a try, it is so good.

Chow Chow- like grandma made

Ingredients

• 3 large onions (4 cups)
• 1 medium head of cabbage (4 cups)
• 10 green tomatoes (4 cups)
• 4 green bell peppers
• 2 sweet red bell peppers
• ½ cup salt
• 6 cups granulated sugar
• 2 T ground mustard
• 1 T celery seed
• 1 ½ tsp. turmeric
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 tsp. allspice
• 4 cups white vinegar
• 2 cups water

Instructions

1. Chop vegetables finely. Place chopped vegetables in porcelain glass container, non-reactive container; sprinkle with the salt; cover with a plate and weight the plate down with large cans, let stand a couple of hours or overnight.
2. Place vegetables in large colander and rinse very well under cold running water. (divide into smaller batches if necessary)
3. Drain thoroughly and place in large stockpot. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over chopped vegetables. Heat to boiling and then boil 4 minutes. Ladle into clean pint jars which have been sterilized in boiling water. Seal with sterilized lids according to manufacturers instructions. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
4. Makes approx. 8 pints