September 7, 2005
PRESERVES
Just in time for those delicious Garden Tomatoes and Vegetables!
MOM'S SWEET CHILI SAUCE
We all loved this so much that I used to double the recipe Mom gave me.
(Double shown in brackets.)
(30) 15 ripe tomatoes
(8) 4 medium onions
(3) 2 heads celery
(2) 1 cup vinegar
(4) 2 tbsp. salt
(2) 1 cup sugar
(2) 1 tsp. cinnamon
(2) 1 tsp. ground cloves
Wash and peel tomatoes and onions. Chop tomatoes, onion and celery very fine, add rest of ingredients and boil 3 - 4 hours or until thick. Volume will be reduced about 1/3. Pour into hot sterilized jars and seal.
Tip: A whole potato in the pot, ONLY until it is cooked, thickens it faster.
RELISH
(This recipe is very OLD and given me by a lovely English neighbour many years ago.)
2 cups onion
4 cups green tomatoes
4 cups cucumbers
2 cups cabbage
2 cups green pepper
1 cup red sweet pepper
Put through course chopper and put 1/2 cup salt on and let stand overnight.
Next morning - drain.
Add the following to your vegetables:
5 - 6 cups vinegar
4 cups sugar
2 tsps. dry mustard
2 tsps. paprica
Cook 1/2 hour and bottle in sterilized jars and seal.
MRS. McBRIDE'S PICKLES
(A Church Friend)
1 quart tiny onions
1 quart gherkins
1 cauliflower
Pour boiling water on onions and let stand overnight.
Wash and cut cucumbers and cauliflower the way you want them and pour salt on them (no water) and let stand overnight.
In the morning, wash salt off; peel and wash onions and put all into
3 cups water
3 cups vinegar and bring to boiling point.
In another pot: - 3 cups white sugar and 1 quart white vinegar
Just warm this and -
Mix in a bowl -
1/2 cup flour
7/8 tbsp. tumeric powder
5 tbsp. dry mustard
Add about 1/2 cup water and stir until a smooth paste. Then mix a bit of warm sugar and vinegar into it and pour into warm pot and STIR, STIR, STIR until it thickens.
Pour water and vinegar OFF of vegetables and pour on mustard sauce and let stand for 1/2 hour. Bottle in sterilized jars and seal.
RIPE CUCUMBER PICKLE
Peel cucumbers, remove seeds; cut lengthwise, soak in mild salt and water overnight. (1-1/2 - 2 cups salt to 1 gallon of water.)
In the morning, put through meat chopper. With each 3 cups of cucumber, put 1 cup of onions and add 2 cups vinegar; boil until clear. Add a dressing of 1 cup vinegar, 1/4 cup dry mustard, 1/2 tsp. tumeric, 1/2 cup flour, 1 cup sugar. Let all boil together 5 minutes. Bottle in sterilized jars and seal.