Lettuce Hamburger Relish

Mix ingredients together thoroughly. Spread on top of hamburgers.

Reduced-sodium Sliced Sweet Pickles

BRINING SOLUTION 1 qt Distilled white vinegar — (5 percent) 1 tb Canning or pickling salt 1 tb Mustard seed 1/2 c Sugar -CANNING SYRUP- 1 2/3 c Distilled white vinegar — (5 percent) 3 c Sugar 1 tb Whole allspice 2 1/4 ts Celery seed Yield: About 4 to 5 pints Procedure: Wash cucumbers [...]

Favorite Chili Sauce

* Peppers should be seeded and chopped. ~– Scald, peel, core, and quarter the tomatoes. Squeeze out the seeds and excess juice and finely chop the pulp. Put the pulp in a large kettle, bring to a boil, and boil rapidly until the tomatoes are soft. Ladle off the clear liquid that comes to the [...]

Salts Used In Pickling

Reduced-sodium salts, for example, “Lite Salt” may be used in quick pickle recipes, as indicated in this guide. The pickles may, however, have a slightly different taste than expected. Caution: Use of reduced-sodium salt in fermented pickle recipes is not recommended. === * USDA Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994) * format courtesy of

Hot And Spicy Chili Sauce

Chop vegetables, add remaining ingredients and simmer for about 1 hour or a little more until thick. Bottle in sterilized jars.

Beef Stewed In Cranberry Chutney

Serves 4 *DIRECTIONS* Heat oil in a large skillet. Add beef and brown on all sides. Add onions and celery and saute until golden brown. Add garlic and saute mixture 1 minute longer, stirring constantly. (Do not let garlic change color.) Stir water into mixture, then add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer for 1-1/4 hours, [...]

Watermelon Pickle

Remove all pink pulp from rind and peel. Weigh. Cut in 1-inch cubes. Combine cold water and lime; pour over rind. Let stand 1 hour. Drain. Cover with fresh cold water. Simmer 1 hour or until tender. Drain. Tie spices in cheesecloth. Combine vinegar, remaining water and sugar. Heat until sugar dissolves. Add spice bag [...]

Ice-water Pickles

Wash the cucumbers, quarter them lengthwise, and soak them in ice-water for 2 hours. Peel and slice the onions and pack them in the bottoms of 5 pint jars. Pack the cucumbers lengthwise in the jars. Combine the mustard seed, vinegar, sugar and salt, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Fill the [...]

Quick Fresh-pack Dill Pickles

Yield: 7 to 9 pints Procedure: Wash cucumbers. Cut 1/16-inch slice off blossom end and discard, but leave 1/4-inch of stem attached. Dissolve 3/4 cup salt in 2 gals water. Pour over cucumbers and let stand 12 hours. Drain. Combine vinegar, 1/2 cup salt, sugar and 2 quarts water. Add mixed pickling spices tied in [...]

Saloon Pickled Eggs And Beets

Wash beets, cut off leaves, stems and all but an inch of root, and cut into bite size pieces. Cook till tender then drain and peel. Boil remaining ingredients except eggs together for 10 minutes, cool and dump in beets. let stand a week or so. Add the eggs and let stand in cool place [...]