Grandma’s Relish Recipe
This classic cucumber recipe for Grandma’s Relish can be used as a sandwich topping, as a topping for deviled eggs, or eaten straight out of the jar!
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The original recipe was for zucchini, but we have used it with summer squash and cucumbers as well. You could also use it with green tomatoes. This recipe is good for using up a bunch of garden veggies all at once.
How to Make Grandma’s Relish
Start with cleaned vegetables, and cut, chop, or grind them to equal 1 quart. Add in 6 onions, 2 peppers, 2 cloves of garlic, and 1/2 cup salt.
This is an old recipe when it was more common to have a grinder for your vegetables, but I just put the veggies in a food processor and be on my merry way.
Cover the vegetable mixture, how ever you chose to process it, with ice cubes and let it stand for 3 hours.
After 3 hours on ice, drain the vegetable mixture. Next, combine it with 1 1/2 tablespoons of turmeric, 1 1/2 tablespoons of celery seed, 2 tablespoons of mustard seeds, 3 cups of vinegar, and 5 cups of sugar.
Heat the relish to a good boil and seal in jars.
Grandma’s Relish Printable Recipe
Grandma's Relish
This relish is delicious spread on sandwiches, hamburgers, in deviled eggs, and however else you may like to eat relish. The original recipe was for zucchini, but we use it for cucumbers as well. You could also use it with green tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 1 quart zucchini (cut up, chopped or ground)
- 6 onions (sliced, chopped or ground)
- 2 green or red peppers (chopped or ground)
- 1/2 cup salt
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 1/2 Tbls turmeric
- 1 1/2 Tbls celery seed
- 2 Tbls mustard seed
- 3 cups vinegar
- 5 cups sugar
Instructions
- Wash vegetables, cut, chop or grind.
- Add onions, peppers and garlic with 1/2 cup salt. Cover with ice cubes and let stand 3 hrs.
- Drain. Combine with other ingredients. Heat to a good boil and seal in jars.
This relish is delicious spread on sandwiches, hamburgers, in deviled eggs, and however else you may like to eat relish.
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Growing Cucumbers in a Backyard Garden
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