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Green Tomato Pickles

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  • Home canning. Old canning methods can let botulism through. Use current tested canning guidance.
  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 8 ingredients

  1. 2 cups of salt
  2. ¹⁄₄ lb of cloves
  3. Vinegar
  4. Mustard seeds
  5. 1 peach
  6. Tomatoes
  7. Water
  8. 3¹⁄₂ lbs of sugar
Contains MustardSulphites Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Tomato High in protein · Source of vitamin C

    High in protein · 1.2 g per 100 g, 21% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Source of vitamin C · 23 mg per 100 g, 29% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Tomatoes, green, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. 1 peach basket of tomatoes sliced up over night and covered with 2 cups of salt and water enough to cover them.
  2. The next morning drain off the salt water and rinse thoroughly and then stand and drain quite dry.
  3. Then take 1 qt of vinegar and cook the tomatoes in the vinegar a few at a time and skim them out of the vinegar and put in a jar after drain them until all have been cooked.
  4. Be sure you drain off all the vinegar you can, then set them aside until the next day when you drain them again.
  5. Take another qt of vinegar, 3¹⁄₂ lbs of sugar, ¹⁄₄ lb of cloves and whole mustard seeds and cook the syrup quite thick and pour over them and seal tight for use.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Slotted spoon
  • Colander