DILLY GREEN TOMATOES
Select small, firm green tomatoes. Wash and pack in sterilized quart jars. To each quart add one clove of garlic, one hot red or green pepper and one head dill. For about eight quarts: combine 2 quarts of water, 1 quart of cider vinegar, 1 cup salt. Cook solution five minutes. Fill jars to 1/2 inch from top. Seal.
Cyclone Chili
1/3 c Lard
4 lb Beef chuck, cut into 1/2 inc
1 ea Large onion, chopped
3 ea Cl Garlic, finely chopped
1 c Drained canned nopalitos (ca
1 x Green pepper strips
12 ea Canned (or fresh) serrano pe
1 x Chopped, or 12 tiney green h
1 x Seeded and chopped
2 ea 10-ounce cans mexican green
1 x Cut-up, fresh tomatillos* (a
1 ea 6-ounce can tomato paste
1 1/2 c Beef stock or canned beef br
1/3 c Chopped fresh coriander or 1
1 x Ground coriander
5 ts Crushed cumin seeds or groun
1 1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Ground black pepper
Approx. Cook Time: 3 hr
Heat lard in large heavy kettle; add meat, about 1 pound at a time, removing after each pound is browned. After all four pounds are browned, put onions and garlic in kettle and cook until soft. Return all beef to kettle. Rinse cactus pieces in cold water; drain and add to beef. Also add peppers, green tomatoes, tomato paste, beef stock, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer about 2 1/2 hours. Makes about 2 1/2 quarts.
* If using fresh tomatillos, increase beef stock or broth to 3 cups. When a blue norther was howlin’ across the plains, a plate of Cyclone Chili tasted mighty fine to a cowboy. Green tomatoees and pieces of cactus, thrown in with the beef and peppers, sure helped chase away the cold.
Apple and Green Tomato Chutney
12 Tart green apples
24 sm Green tomatoes
4 md Sized onions
3 c Seedless raisins (1 pound)
4 c Cider vinegar
2 1/2 c Brown sugar (tightly packed)
2 tb Salt
1/2 ts Crushed, dried chilies
1 1/2 tb Curry powder
3 tb Mixed pickling spices
Wash, core and chop the apples; wash, blanch, peel and chop the apples and chop the onions. Place apples, tomatoes and onions in a preserving kettle and add raisins, vinegar, sugar, salt, red pepper and curry powder. Put the pickling spices in a cheesecloth bag and add to the kettle. Boil, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes, or until apples are transparent. Remove fruit with a slotted spoon. Boil syrup rapidly until it thickens. Discard pickling spices, return the fruit to the syrup and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and ladle into hot, sterilized jars and seal immediately. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes. This recipe makes approximately 24 half-pints.