Mom Zeigler's Chilla' Sauce

8 quarts ripe tomatoes
3 cups sweet red and green peppers
2 cups onions, ground fine
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup salt
1 1/2 quarts vinegar
3 tsp cloves
3 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp ginger
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsd hot pepper
2 tsp celery seed
5-6 jalapenos (optional if you like things spicy)

Cook all together until thick, stirring often.
Put into quart jars and seal

Apple Butter

2 1/2 qts of apples
5 cups white sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp allspice
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 qt apple cider

Cook apples until soft
Strain apples.

Add all ingredients to apples.
Cook in oven at 350 degrees for 3 to 4 hours or until thick
Stir frequently.
Put in 7 pint jars and can.

Hot Dog Relish

4 cup green onions, sliced fine
1 medium head cabbage
10 green tomatoes
12 green peppers - ground fine
6 sweet red peppers - ground fine
1/2 cup salt
1 Tbsp celery seed
2 Tbsp mustard seed
1 1/2 tsp turmeric
4 cups vinegar
2 cups water

Grind vegetables using coarse blade
Sprinkle with salt and let stand overnight
Rinse and drain
Combine remaining ingredients
Pour over vegetable mixture
Heat to boiling and and simmer 3 minutes
Seal in hot sterlized jars

Makes 8 pints

Dilly Beans

1 peck string beans - ends snipped
2 1/2 cups vinegar
8 1/2 to 10 cups water
4 cloves garlic
1 red hot pepper or 2 tsp cayenne
8 heads dill or 1 Tbsp dill weed
1/4 cup salt

Cook beans for 10 minutes
Pack beans in hot jars
Mix together remaining ingredients
Add vinegar mixture to jars
Seal

Company's Best Pickles

4 qt sliced cucumbers
3 qts cold water
1/3 cup salt
3 cups cider vinegar
1 cup water
6 cups white sugar
2 Tbsp pickling spices

Soak cucumbers in cold water and salt for 3 hours
Drain
Mix together vinegar, water, white sugar and pickling spices
Bring to boil
Add cucumbers
Boil 5 minutes
Seal in hot jars

Polish Pickle Peppers

1 pint vinegar
2 1/2 qts water
2 Tbsp salt
2 tsp garlic salt
2 onions, cut fine or sliced
2 1/2 tsp mixed pickle spices
12-15 peppers - cut into strips

Boil vinegar, water, salts, onions and spices
Add pepper strips and boil another five m inutes
Pack into jars and seal.

Bread and Butter Pickles

1 gallon thinly sliced pickles
2 cups sliced onions
1/2 cup salt
4 cups sugar
1 tsp turmeric
4 Tbsp white mustard seed
1 tsp celery seed
about 1 1/2 qts cider vinegar

Slice cucumbers and onions into very thin slices.
Put into plastic bowl
Mix with salt and sugar
Let stand for at least 3 hours then drain nearly dry
Put cucumbers and onions into saucepan.
Mix rest of ingredients together and pour over cucumbers and onions
Place over very low heat and cook until simmering - DO NOT allow to boil
Place in hot sterilized jars and seal

Mrs. Lutner's Piccalilli

1-15 mediume sized pickle cubes
1 chip basket green firm tomatoes
4 large green peppers
4 large onions
4 medium peppers (for color)
1 whole bunch celery
1 large head cauliflower

Slice and cup up all vegetables and soak in ice water. 
Pour in colander and drain water. 

Add the following to a sauce pot and heat well - Do Not Boil!
5 1/2 cup vinegar
5 cups sugar
2 tsp mustard seed
1 tsp whole cloves
(put mustard seed and whole cloves in cloth bag - you will be removing them later)
1 tsp turmeric
1/2 cup salt

Add cut up vegetables to canning jars.
Add vinegar sauce
Seal in jars - boil in water 15-20 minutes.

Chilla Sauce

18 ripe tomatoes, cut fine
1 green pepper, cut fine
1 onion, cut fine
1 Tbsp salt
1 cup sugar
2 cups vinegar
2 Tbsp mixed spices

Boil and bottle for use.

Home-made Catsup

1 bushel ripe tomatoes, washed and cut
6 onions, chopped fine
1/2 cup salt
1/2 lb mixed spices (tied in bag)
1 cup brown sugar
1 qt vinegar
dash black pepper

Boil tomatoes and onions - rub through sieve.
Add salt, bag of spices, brown sugar, vinegar and black pepper and boil until thick. 
Seal in bottles while hot. 

Chow Chow

1 gallon green tomatoes
1 head cabbage
2 carrots
4 strains celery
1 qt onion
1 cup sugar
1 qt vinegar
salt to taste
Mixed spices

Cook about 2 hours
Can

Tomato Soup

It seems to me that this recipe doesn't have enough liquids, but who knows????

1 pkg ripe tomatoes
12 onions
6 carrots
8 cloves
1 bunch of celery
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup salt
1 cup of sugar


After cutting vegetables - cover tomatoes, onions, carrots, cloves and celery with water and boil for 45 minutes. 
Strain through a sieve. 
Mix flour, butter salt and sugar together and stir into tomatoe mixture.
Boil 15 more minutes.
Seal hot
Makes 11 pints

Pepper Hash

15 onions
24 sweet peppers, green and red
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 Tbsp salt
2 1/2 pints vinegar
15 green tomatoes

Remove seeds from peppers.
Chop onions, peppers and tomatoes. 
Cover with boiling water and let stand 5 minutes.
Drain, then add salt, sugar and vinegar. 

Bring to boil and can

Sandwich Spread

1 doz green tomatoes
12 green peppers
12 red peppers
2 hot peppers
6 onions

1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
3 cups sugar
1 pint french mustard
4 tsp salt
1/2 cup flour (mixed with enough water to make paste)
1 qt Miracle Whip

Clean and wash vegetables.  Grind into small pieces.  Pour boiling water over ground vegetables and let stand 2 minutes.  Drain in colander.

Cook vinegar, water, sugar, mustard, salt for 10 minutes. 
Remove from heat and stir in flour mixture.
Return to heat and let come to a boil. 
Add ground vegetagbles and cook 10 minutes while stirring. 
While cooking, add miracle whip.

Seal in jars while hot.