Grandmother's Piccalilli

Ingredients

• 4 quarts green tomatoes
• 1/2 cup salt
• 4 onions
• 3 green peppers
• 1 red pepper
• 4 scant cups vinegar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon whole cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

1. Slice the tomatoes, sprinkle the salt over them, and let them stand overnight. In the morning drain off the liquor and put tomatoes through the food chopper, using a coarse knife. Put onions and peppers through grinder also. Mix vinegar and sugar, stir over fire until sugar dissolves, and bring to a boil. Add chopped mixture, and spices tied up in a cloth. Boil for five minutes, and simmer two hours. Pack in hot sterilized glass jars and seal.