Chow-Chow - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    6 medium onions, chopped
    6 green peppers, chopped
    6 sweet red peppers, chopped
    1/4 c. pickling salt
    1 tsp. turmeric
    1 tsp. ginger
    1 Tbsp. celery seed
    1 medium (2 qt.) chopped cabbage
    1 qt. chopped green tomatoes
    2 Tbsp. prepared mustard
    6 c. vinegar
    2 1/2 c. sugar
    2 Tbsp. mustard seed
    1 Tbsp. mixed whole pickling spices
Preparation
    Combine vegetables and mix with salt.
    Cover; let stand overnight and drain.
    Mix mustard with a little vinegar in kettle. Add remaining vinegar, sugar and spices.
    Simmer 20 minutes. Add vegetables and simmer 10 minutes.
    Continue simmering while packing one hot sterilized jar at a time.
    Fill to within 1/8-inch from jar top.
    Make sure liquid covers vegetables.
    Seal each jar at once.
    Process in boiling water bath (212\u00b0F) for 5 minutes. Makes 6 to 8 pints.
    Use relish within 6 months.

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