Elizabeth'S Green Tomato Chow-Chow - cooking recipe

Ingredients

9 lbs green tomatoes
6 lbs onions, peel and slice fine
1 cup salt
4 cups water
4 cups white vinegar
2 cups water
1/2 cup pickling spices
2 1/2 lbs white sugar
2 1/2 lbs brown sugar
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 red pepper, cut fine

Preparation

Soak the tomatoes and onions in the first amount of water and the salt over night.
Drain well in the morning.
Put the spice in a cloth bag, tie shut and crush with a rolling pin.
Put the vegetables in a pot with the vinegar and second amount of water, putting in the bag of spice.
Bring to a boil, then simmer for half an hour.
Add the sugars and simmer another half an hour.
Stir together the cornstarch, dry mustard and tumeric.
Add a little of the simmering liquid to make a paste, then stir it into the tomato mixture.
Add the chopped pepper.
Simmer for 1 to 2 hours til thick.
Spoon into prepared jars and seal according to manufacturers directions.