Vegetable Relish


Submitted By: Laura Looper

Ingredients

  • 8 large carrots
  • 12 white onions
  • 12 large sweet red peppers
  • 12 large sweet green peppers
  • 2 large heads cabbage
  • 3/4 cup salt
  • 1 1/2 quarts vinegar
  • 6 cups sugar
  • 3 tablespoons mustard seed
  • 3 tablespoons celery seed
  • 1/2 teaspoon red pepper
  • Instructions


    Peel carrots and onions and seed peppers. Finely chop all vegetables together. Add salt; allow mixture to stand for three hours. Drain well.
    Dissolve sugar into vinegar; add to drained vegetables along with seasonings. Pack into clear jars; cover well with liquid and seal. No cooking required.
    Note: This recipe is from a cookbook that came with a Home Comfort cookstove that
    we bought in 1951.