Aunt Caroline's Dixieland Recipes/Pickles, Relishes/Tar Heel Chow Chow

by Emma McKinney

TAR HEEL CHOW CHOW

⁠Chop one head of cabbage, one gallon of green tomatoes, and one quart of onions. Add one-half cup of salt, put in a bag and let it drain for twenty-four hours.

⁠Then put in kettle and add about two pounds of brown sugar, one cup of white mustard seed, and one-half cup of celery seed. Cover with good apple vinegar and cook until done, about three or four hours. To the above add one or two pods of chopped red pepper.