Culpeper Tomato Relish - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 peck ripe tomatoes
6 medium onions
6 sweet peppers
6 hot peppers
1 c. salt
1 oz. celery seed
1 oz. mustard seed
1 qt. vinegar
5 c. brown or white sugar

Preparation

Peel tomatoes and cut coarsely.
Add chopped onions and peppers.
Add salt and mix.
Let drain in cheesecloth or colander for 3 hours.
Add other ingredients and mix well.
Put into jar or crock.
Stir every day for 3 days.
Stir well before using.
This relish will keep for one year, when refrigerated.