Piccalilli

Ingredients

• 1 quart green tomato, chopped
• 2 medium red peppers (peppers should be seeded and chopped.)
• 2 medium green peppers (peppers should be seeded and chopped.)
• 2 large onions, peeled & chopped
• 1 small heads of cabbage or 2 cups cucumbers, chopped
• 1/2 cup salt
• 3 cups cider vinegar
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick (3-inches long)
• 1 teaspoon whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon whole allspice
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds

Recipe

• 1 combine all the vegetables and the salt and let stand overnight.
• 2 in the morning, drain the vegetables pressing out the juice.
• 3 add the vinegar, sugar and the spices, tied in a bag; bring to a boil and simmer until the vegetables are clear and the syrup is thickened.
• 4 discard the spice bag and seall the picalilli in hot jars.
• 5 note:
• 6 one tablespoon each peppercorns and celery seeds may be substituted for the cinnamon.