Piccalilli

Bluejeanz

I followed the directions exactly EXCEPT that I only let the veggies sit with the salt on them for a total of 3 hours and I also rinsed them with cold water and patted them dry with paper towel. THIS IS A CRUCIAL STEP THAT WAS OMITTED IN THIS RECIPE! Even with washing the veggies, they were much too salty and I had to throw the first batch out and start over again and this time I tweaked it with some revisions of my own. FIRST, I added some finely shredded cabbage, an English cucumber and about 1 1/2 cups of tiny cauliflower florets. SECOND, I only used 2 TBLSP. of (KOSHER) salt instead of 1/2 cup. THIRD, I allowed the mixture to sit for only 3 hours. FOURTH, I rinsed the veggies well in cold water. FIFTH, I patted them dry with paper towel. SIX, since I added extra veggies, I made 1 1/2 recipes of the vinegar-brown sugar-spice mixture and OMITTED THE SALT it called for. This time it turned out perfectly! I remember being a kid visiting my relatives back in Pennsylvania and my one aunt used to serve this all the time. No one thought to jot down the recipe and my aunt is elderly now and, unfortunately, doesn't remember the recipe at all. <br /> <br />While this ended up to be quite a tasty relish and deserves 5 stars (with my tweaking), I'm only giving it 2 stars since the salt ratio is ten times more than it needs and that, along with the omission in the directions of rinsing the salt off the veggies, would render the end result inedible.