Green Tomato Relish

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Remember this big box of green tomatoes.


I have been letting them slowly ripen and we have been enjoying fresh tomatoes and tomato sauce for a while. However I really wanted to try a recipe that I got from my aunt for Green Tomato Relish.


Here is the recipe:

2 qrts (10 large) green tomatoes

2 qrts (10 large) unpeeled cucumbers

1 qrts (2 1/2 lbs) onions

1 qrts (9 large) green peppers

3 red peppers

6 cups sugar

1 1/2 TBS mustard seed

2 TBS pickling salt

1 1/2 TBS turmeric

1 1/2 tsp celery seed

Chop or grind all vegetables with coarse blade, combine with remaining ingredients in large heavy kettle. Bring to boil, simmer for 20 minutes. Pour into sterilized jars leaving 1/4 inch head space. Adjust lids. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes

I did peel about half the cucumbers, I bought them from the grocery store and they had a wax coating that I didn’t want to have in my relish, the other half were left overs from my garden, they got to keep their peels.

(sorry some of the pictures are dark, it was a partly cloudy day so at times I didn’t have a lot of natural light in my kitchen)

Aren’t those colors so pretty in my pot.

adding the insane, yummy amount of sugar.

The turmeric turned everything a weird yellow color, it doesn’t stay this way.

I ended up letting the mixture simmer for longer than 20 minutes, about an hour maybe, I wanted it to be a little thicker.

So pretty in their jars.

This recipe makes about 12 pint jars.

It is sweet and so yummy, I am excited to eat this with polish sausage or bratwurst and cabbage this winter.

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