Pickle Relish
Pickle Relish
Ingredients
- 3 qts chopped cucumbers
- 3 cups each chopped sweet green and red peppers
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 3/4 cup kosher salt
- 4 cups ice
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 tsp. each: mustard seed, turmeric, whole allspice, and whole cloves
- 6 cups white vinegar
Instructions
- Add cucumbers, peppers, onions, salt and ice to water and let stand 4 hours. Drain and recover vegetables with fresh ice water for another hour. Drain again.
- Combine spices in a spice or cheesecloth bag. Add spices to sugar and vinegar. Heat to boiling and pour mixture over vegetables.
- Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. Heat mixture to boiling and fill hot in hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
- Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace. Wipe rims and add hot lids and rings. Process in waterbath 10 minutes.