Chow Chow - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 peck green tomatoes, chopped or ground
1/2 peck ripe tomatoes, chopped
6 onions
2 lb. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. celery seed
1 Tbsp. mace
3 small cabbage heads
1 doz. green peppers, remove seeds
1/2 c. grated horseradish
1 Tbsp. ground black pepper
1 Tbsp. mustard seed

Preparation

Chop all vegetables.
Combine green tomatoes, ripe tomatoes, onions, cabbage and peppers.
Sprinkle with salt and put in a coarse cotton bag.
Hang up bag and let drain overnight.
Squeeze the bag in the morning to remove any juice left.
Put vegetables in a porcelain kettle with brown sugar, horseradish, black pepper, mustard seed, celery seed and mace.
Cover with vinegar and boil until it turns clear.
Seal in jars.
(Taste to see if sweet enough.)