After the fiasco with musical stock pots, it was smooth sailing.

There’s something about that “pop” of the lid when you bring it out of the water that is so satisfying.

All in all, I think each jar has a value of at least $40, if you factor in all the dang work it took to raise up the organic tomatoes from seedlings, all the hours and hours of watering and loving and then the final hours chopping and cooking and canning. And to think, there’s about three more rounds of green tomatoes on the stocks out there.

I hope the extended family is happy when all they get for Winter Holiday Celebrations is a jar of Chow Chow, wrapped up pretty, with a home made price tag that reads $40. Haha.

Aunt Hallie’s Chow Chow

12 pounds of green tomatoes

3 pounds of onions

3 to 4 cups of brown sugar (traditionally white sugar is used.)

1 1/4 cup coarse salt

vinegar

2-3 tablespoons of pickling spice, tied in cheesecloth.

Chop and sprinkle with salt, mix it in. Let it sit, lidded, overnight.

Drain. Cover to about half full of vinegar, add brown sugar and pickling spice. Boil until clear (about 1 hr.)

My yield was 8 , 500ml bottles.

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