Pickles, Green Tomatoe

By Floridaberry

Ingredients

• 1 gallon green tomatoes
• 6 large onions
• 3 cups brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon celery seed;crushed
• 1/2 lemon
• 3 pods red pepper
• 3 cups vinegar
• 1 tablespoon whole cloves
• 1 talespoon mustard seed
• 1 tablespoon ground mustard
• 1 tblespoon whole black pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Sllice the tomatoes and onions thin. Sprinkle over them 1/2 cup salt and let stand overnight in a crock or enalmeled vessel. Tie the pepper, cloves, allspice, and celery seed in a cheesecloth bag. Slice the lemon and chop 2 pepper pods very fine. Drain the tomatoes and onion well. Add all the seasonings except one pepper to the vinegar then add the tomato and onion.

Cook 1/2 hour stirring gently at intervals to prevent burning. Remove spice bag. Pack in steralized pint jars and garnish with slender stripes of other red peppers; place vertically on sides of the inside of the jar. Process pints for 15 minutes at simmering temperature. Seal, cool and store!