Hot Dog Or Bratwurst Relish

Total Time: 49 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 48 hrs

Ingredients

• 8 cups cucumbers
• 2 cups red peppers or 2 cups peeled carrots
• 2 cups green peppers
• 1 cup yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon turmeric
• 1/2 cup salt
• 8 cups cold water
• 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 2 whole cinnamon sticks
• 2 teaspoons cloves
• 2 teaspoons allspice
• 1 -2 cup brown sugar
• 4 cups vinegar

Recipe

• 1 in a meat grinder, grind up cukes, peppers/carrots, and onion to obtain proper quantities; sprinkle with tumeric.
• 2 dissolve salt in cold water; pour over cukes, let stand 3-4 hours (or overnight).
• 3 drain (line a colander with cheesecloth--use clothespins to hold in place), cover again with cold water, let stand another hour; drain again.
• 4 in a large saucepan, combine spices and brown sugar with vinegar; heat to boiling (very fragrant!); pour over cuke mixture; let stand 12-18 hours (overnight is fine, too).
• 5 fill canning kettle half-full of water over high heat; put canning lids & rings in a saucepan with water--simmer.
• 6 heat cuke mixture up in a large pot, just to the boiling point.
• 7 immediately scoop into pint or half-pint jars to the neck of the jar; wipe top of jar, add lid and ring, tighten.
• 8 place jars in canning kettle with hot water just to the neck of the jars; bring almost to boiling point; remove from heat.
• 9 remove jars and place them upside-down on a thick towel for 15 minutes (set the timer).
• 10 tip right-side up; lids should seal in a few minutes.