I love canning and putting up for winter. If I had enough tomatoes, I make a killer tomato juice, spicy and delicious. My dad used to come every fall with all his tomatoes from the garden and we'd spend a couple days canning tomato juice and split the proceeds. We always had a great time working together. I've also canned fresh Pennsylvania peaches in the past, and they are nothing like the canned peaches you buy in the store. I remember a friend who had an entire wall of canned goods each year. It was thrify and homey, and I admired the creativity she put into each recipe. This year I have already made blueberry jam, and have 20 lbs of beets and 50 lbs of cabbage to process in the next couple days. I already blogged about making sauerkraut last year, so I won't repeat that this year. Needles to say, I'm making twice the amount this year: http://dewonapetal.blogspot.com/2009/10/making-sauerkraut-old-fashioned-way.html
I bought 60 ears of corn from a local farmer and have already put of 24 pints and 9 half-pints of corn relish. We still have regular canned corn from last year, but ran out of corn relish pretty quickly, so we made extra this year.
So I thought I would post my corn relish recipe tonight for you. The basic recipe is from CountryLiving, but I've added more turmeric, fewer onions and more celery seed to suit my taste. You can adjust any of the seasonings to suit your taste, except the vinegar and sugar. You can also add hot peppers if you want to add some kick.
Ingredients:
Corn cut off the husks, about 10-12 ears making 8 cups
4-6 onions chopped (about 4 cups)
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
1 large red bell pepper, chopped
2 cups vinegar (cider or regular)
1 cup sugar
2 tsp kosher salt
1 1/2 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp celery seed
1/2 tsp turmeric
Add everything to a large pot, bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes. The turmeric will make the corn a beautiful rich yellow.
Store in a cool dry place out of direct sunlight and enjoy the bounty of your havest throughout the year! These also make great gifts.
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