What to Talk About???

[pope1982]

Oh Gayle, I can't wait to try your salsa recipe!

Let's see, I treated myself to a Cinnabon, bought a fantastic book and got to hang out with my best friend today (Brad). It was a great start to the weekend

[Marilyn]

Gayle, do you use regular salt or canning salt in your chow chow? I may try making some, but a much scaled down version, quantity wise, until I find out if we like your recipe. Unfortunately, I don't think I have my mothers. I have her cookbooks, but not sure which one she used. I think I have more than one recipe.

Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Gayle, do you use regular salt or canning salt in your chow chow? I may try making some, but a much scaled down version, quantity wise, until I find out if we like your recipe. Unfortunately, I don't think I have my mothers. I have her cookbooks, but not sure which one she used. I think I have more than one recipe.

Thank you so much for sharing!!!

Regular salt because i've never heard that you shouldn't use it in canning!!!

[gja1000]

We don't eat chow chow on anything other than pinto beans??? I don't know what other things you might eat it on???

[Marilyn]

We used to eat it with meats and sometimes on hamburgers.

We used to make a pear relish all the time that was really good on hamburgers. Haven't made it in years because I don't currently have a source for the hard canning/baking pears which are required to make the relish. They are ground up in a meat grinder. The soft pears would just not work for this.

[judy]

I have to admit that, coming from Brooklyn, I have never heard of a lot of these foods, and have never eaten the rest. (Except figs - love the figs) I guess I have to branch out a bit on my food choices. The chow chow on the beans on top of the corn bread sounds like heaven. Is it very spicy?

[gja1000]

You can make spicy chow chow, but we don't - it has a sweet taste.