California Chow-Chow Recipe ingredients

• 18 green tomatoes
• 8 cucumbers
• 5 dozen small green onions
• 1 pound green string beans
• 1 cauliflower
• 1 bunch celery
• 3 chopped red peppers
• ½ cup salt
• 2 quarts vinegar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons turmeric powder
• 4 tablespoons mustard seed
• 1 tablespoon cloves
• 1 tablespoon pepper

To prepare this California Chow-Chow Recipe, first dice the tomatoes, celery and cucumbers, skin the onions and remove the tops, cut the beans in small pieces and separate the cauliflower into flowerets. Put all the vegetables, including the chopped red peppers, into an earthenware crock or bowl and sprinkle with the salt. Let stand twenty-four hours, then drain off the liquid. Heat the vinegar with the sugar and spices to the boiling point, add the vegetables and cook until they are tender. Pack the pickles in clean hot jars and seal.