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Pepper Relish

A historical recipe from Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking, by Anonymous.

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A historical recipe

Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking, by Anonymous. Project Gutenberg eBook #26558.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Its words name: home canning or sealing in jars, preserving or pickling. Check current food-safety guidance before following this.

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • 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 1 ingredient

  1. 8 small onions

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • 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. 12 sweet red peppers 12 sweet green peppers 8 small onions 1 qt.
  2. vinegar 1-1/2 cups sugar 2 tsp.
  3. salt Seed the peppers and chop fine with the onion.
  4. Put into a bowl, cover with boiling water and let stand for 5 minutes.
  5. Drain and cover again with boiling water, let stand for 10 minutes longer.
  6. Place in colander or cheesecloth bag let drain over night.
  7. In the morning add the vinegar, sugar and salt.
  8. Boil for 20 minutes.
  9. Place in hot sterilized jars and seal.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Colander
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking, by Anonymous. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #26558 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26558). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.