Cucumber Relish -- Big Batch

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 quarts pickling cucumbers
• 2 lbs onions
• 1 bunch celery
• 6 cups vinegar
• 6 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 teaspoons celery seeds
• 2 sweet red peppers, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 cup flour

Recipe

• 1 put cleaned and trimmed cucumbers, onions and celery through a grinder or food processor.
• 2 sprinkle with kosher salt and let stand overnight.
• 3 next day drain well. (i squeeze out the extra liquid using a tea towel.)
• 4 combine ground vegetables with 5 cups of the vinegar, sugar, turmeric, celery seed, red and green peppers.
• 5 in a large pot bring mixture to the boil for 20 minutes.
• 6 mix flour with remaining 1 cup vinegar and add this mixture to the pot.
• 7 boil for a few minutes constantly mixing until thickened.
• 8 put up relish in sterile jars and seal as per jar instructions.