Homemade Pepper Relish

This recipe comes from my wonderful mother-in-law who always helps me can foods. This is a great recipe for using up some of the peppers in the garden and it's my favorite topping for brats!

Homemade Pepper Relish

4 cups ground onions                   6 cups sugar

1 med head cabbage                    2 Tbls mustard seed

10 green tomatoes                        1 Tbls celery seed 

12 green sweet peppers                1 1/2 tsp turmeric

6 red sweet peppers                     4 cups clear vinegar 

1/2 cup salt                                 2 cups water    

                                                  1 Tbls Alum

Grind, with a coarse blade, onions, cabbage, tomatoes and peppers.  Sprinkle with salt, let stand overnight.  Rinse and drain.  Add sugar, spices, vinegar and water.  Heat to boiling.  Simmer 3 minutes.  Put into jars and seal.  Water bath for 20 minutes.  Makes approx. 11 pints. 

To make "Hot Pepper" relish, substitute hot peppers for the green and red sweet peppers.  Depending on how hot you want it, you can use a mixture of hot peppers and bell peppers.