And so it begins

[Old Crank]

Getting pickle relish here is Munich has been hit and miss. Avoided Amazon, but when my local store has some, 8-10 oz equivalent jar, it is about $5. Ouch. So the only solution is.... make my own. This is a combination of sweet and dill pickle relish.
takes about 2 liters of diced veggie mix. Longest part is the 2 hour wait for the salt pickle bath before draining and rinsing.

main ingredients. Only needed the large onion, and used dill seeds instead of leaves


Diced up, and ready for the salt bath.


The spice sugar mix, waiting for the vinegar


Cooking


Canned

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Sure looks better than storebought! nt

[Ziggysmom]

2. Nothin better than homemade relish! I've used a recipe just like this for years, is the same as my

Bubbie used to can every year. It's said to be the one used on the famous Chicago Red Hots. I don't add any food coloring in mine. Yours looks delicious!! Is lunch time here in Wisconsin!😋

https://www.thefooddictator.com/the-hirshon-chicago-atomic-green-hot-dog-relish/

3 3/4 cups seeded, ground, unpeeled cucumber – TFD prefers seedless Japanese cukes
1/2 cup seeded, ground green bell pepper
3/4 cup seeded, ground fresh poblano pepper
1/2 cup seeded, ground red bell pepper
3 cups ground onion
3 cups finely diced de-stringed celery
1/4 cup salt (use canning salt)
3 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups Heinz white vinegar
1 tbsp. celery seed
1 tbsp mustard seed
1 tbsp. Turmeric (very optional, not in original recipe)
3 tbsp. cornstarch slurry made from equal parts cornstarch and warm water
Blue food coloring No. 1
INSTRUCTIONS
Use the coarse blade of a grinder. Combine all veggies in a large bowl, sprinkle with salt, cover with cold water and let stand for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
Drain thoroughly in a colander and press out all excess liquid.
Combine the sugar, vinegar, turmeric, celery seed and mustard seed. Bring to boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Stir in drained veggies, simmer for 10 minutes.
Add a bit of cornstarch slurry (add small amounts as necessary until thickened to relish consistency). Add a FEW drops of blue food coloring until proper neon green color is achieved. The use of Turmeric in the TFD recipe really helps with this process!
Pack into pint canning jars to within ½ inch of the top. Put on canning lid and band.
Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. This makes 5-6 pints.
Make sure that you don’t boil the filled jars too hard or the celery seed might become stuck between the lid and jar rim which would prevent the jars from sealing.

[tishaLA]

3. Weck jars are one of the greatest things

I have a bunch in constant rotation, from my sourdough starter to pickled onions or Jalapenos or giardiniera, pesto, overnight oatmeal, etc etc etc .