Home Made Chow-Chow

Name: Home Made Chow-Chow (Variantes a la Moutarde)
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ Pound of French Mustard; ¼ Gallon of Vinegar; 2 or 3 Pods of Green and Red Peppers, Chopped Fine; A Pint of String Beans; A Gill of Salad Oil; A Quart of Small Button Onions; A Quart of Tiny Cucumbers, the Very Smallest Kind; A Head of Cauliflower; A Clove of Garlic, Minced Very Fine; 2 Tablespoonfuls of Mustard Seed; ½ Teacupful of Celery Seed; A Cupful of Brown Sugar; ½ Ounce of Tumeric; A Teacupful of Grated Horseradish; ½ Head of Cabbage, Cut as for Slaw

Variantes a la Moutarde

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

About

Ingredients

A Head of Cauliflower
½ Head of Cabbage, Cut as for Slaw
A Quar

Americas
United States
Preserve
New Orleans
Vegan
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Shred the cabbage as for cold slaw, and cover the bottom of a stone jar with the Cucumbers and the Cabbage. Then cover with a brine of salt and water strong enough to float an egg. Let them stand for twenty-four hours. At the end of that time boil the Cauliflower, the Onions and the Beans in separate pots till tender. Then drain off all water. Mix them with the Cucumbers and the Cabbage. Put th