Lost family recipe for Chow-Chow.

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convexThreads: 46 Posts: 7,185 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Jan 4, 11, 17:08 #31
JimmyJamm: Huh ... Chow Chow was what MY Polish Parents & Grandparents ate. What Poland are you talking about z ? Are there any REAL Poloks here who can give us a good Chow Chow Recipe? As Polonius mentioned, you might want to ask around locally. Down south (US), we eat it with beans. I haven't seen it in Poland.

Semper Fi	May 5, 11, 09:29 #32
I am Czeck. If you find a chow chow recipe from the old country, please pass it on to me. I'm 71 and my mother used to can chow chow every year. She passed on 20 years ago and there is no one left in the family to give me the recipe. the recipe was my grandmothers who came to America some where around 1910.

BroncofanThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Aug 24, 11 ♂	Aug 24, 11, 19:41 #33
I too am looking for the recipe for Chow Chow for my Mom and Uncle who grew up in Mahanoy, a town close to Shennandoah. It is different than the cajun recipe posted here.

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Aug 25, 11, 16:34 #34

Chow-chow is NOT, I repeat, NOT Polish. Those interested I direct to:
http://www.armadillopeppers.com/Chow-Chow_Relish.html
The name itself is of unknown but certainly not Polish or Slavonic origin.
However, simiarl recipes can be found in Europe and in Poladn they are mainly called
'sałatka z zielonych pomidorów'. Often an early frost cathces unripened tomatoes on the vine, so thrifty Europeans found a way not to waste them. The recipe below is one of many. Different ingredients such as carrots and celeriac can be added as well.
This was also a linguo-culinary experience for me, because I used the Google translator for the first time. Never again! But for those unacquainted with that abortive tool, here is the evidence (see text beneath Polish recipe):
Składniki:
• 1 kg pomidorów zielonych
• 2 średnir cebule
• 1 średnia papryka ( kolor do wybory )
• ZALEWA
• 1/2 litra wody
• 1/2 szklanki octu 10 %
• 3 płaskie łyżki soli
• 7 łyżki cukru
• liście laurowe
• ziele angielskie
• pieprz ziarnisty

• Sposób przygotowania
POMIDORY I PAPRYKĘ UMYĆ,CEBULĘ OBRAĆ.POMIDORY POKROIĆ W PLASTERKI,A CEBULĘ I PAPRYKĘ POKROIĆ W PÓŁPLASTERKI.WARZYWA RAZEM WYMIESZAĆ.SKŁADNIKI NA ZALEWE RAZEM WYMIESZAĆ I ZAGOTOWAĆ.GORĄCĄ ZALEWĄ ZALAĆ SAŁATKĘ I ODSTAWIĆ NA 2 GODZINY.PO UPŁYWIE 2 GODZIN SAŁATKĘ NAKŁADAĆ DO SŁOIKÓW,POZAKRĘCAĆ I PASTERYZOWAĆ OKOŁO 20 MINUT.

Tłumaczenie (polski > angielski)
• 1 kg of tomatoes green
• 2 onions średnir
• 1 medium red pepper (for color choices)
• Flooded
• 1 / 2 liter of water
• 1 / 2 cup vinegar 10%
• 3 tablespoons salt flat
• 7 tablespoons sugar
• bay leaves
• allspice
• grainy pepper

Wash the tomatoes and peppers, onion OBRAĆ.POMIDORY slice, and onions and peppers cut into PÓŁPLASTERKI.WARZYWA TOTAL TOTAL WYMIESZAĆ.SKŁADNIKI the lagoon mix and pour PRIMING ZAGOTOWAĆ.GORĄCĄ salad and let stand for 2 GODZINY.PO EXPIRATION OF 2 HOURS FOR SALAD impose jARS, AND pasteurized POZAKRĘCAĆ APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES.

christynaujalis	Oct 3, 11, 18:55 #35
Hi. My grandparents were from Lithuania and lived in Shenandoah when they first married. My grandmother made a chow-chow that sounds a lot like the one you describe. The recipe appears on my blog...just remove the blank spaces for the link: toolsforkitchens .com /october-2011-blog/chow-chow/. Hope this helps!

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