PICKLED SWEET GREEN TOMATOES

      Title: PICKLED SWEET GREEN TOMATOES
  Categories: Vegetables, Canning
       Yield: 9 Pints
  
      16 c  Sliced green tomatoes
            -(10 to 11 lbs)
       2 c  Sliced onions
     1/4 c  Canning or pickling salt
       3 c  Brown sugar
       4 c  Vinegar (5 percent)
       1 tb Mustard seed
       1 tb Allspice
       1 tb Celery seed
       1 tb Whole cloves
  
   Yield: About 9 pints
   
   Procedure: Wash and slice tomatoes and onions. Place in bowl,
   sprinkle with 1/4 cup salt, and let stand 4 to 6 hours. Drain. Heat
   and stir sugar in vinegar until dissolved. Tie mustard seed,
   allspice, celery seed, and cloves in a spice bag. Add to vinegar with
   tomatoes and onions. If needed, add minimum water to cover pieces.
   Bring to boil and simmer 30 minutes, stirring as needed to prevent
   burning. Tomatoes should be tender and transparent when properly
   cooked. Remove spice bag. Fill jar and cover with hot pickling
   solution, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
   
   Adjust lids and process according to the recommendations in Table 1.
   
   Table 1. Recommended process time for Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes in
   a boiling-water canner.
   
   Style of Pack: Hot.  Jar Size: Pints. Process Time at Altitudes of 0 -
   1,000 ft: 10 min.
                          1,001 - 6,000 ft: 15 min.
                            Above 6,000 ft: 20 min.
   
   Style of Pack: Hot.  Jar Size: Quarts. Process Time at Altitudes of 0
   ~ 1,000 ft: 15 min.
                          1,001 - 6,000 ft: 20 min.
                            Above 6,000 ft: 25 min.
   
   ======================================================= === * USDA
   Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994) * Meal-Master
   format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
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