Green Tomato Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 gal. green tomatoes, chopped
2 Tbsp. salt
1/2 gal. chopped onions
12 pods hot red pepper, or less, if you desire
5 c. vinegar
4 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. pickling spice

Preparation

Sprinkle chopped tomatoes with salt and let stand while you chop onions and peppers, then squeeze and discard juice from tomatoes. Pour vinegar into a large kettle and bring to a boil; add tomatoes, onions and peppers and let cook until it changes color (somewhat brown) until done.
Add sugar.
Tie pickling spices in a cloth and add to mixture.
Let mixture cook about 30 minutes. Remove spices before filling prepared jars.