Nova scotia chow chow recipe

Traditional Nova Scotian Green Tomato Chow is a two-day process, as the tomato onion mixture sits overnight in salt and then finished the next day. Use as you would a...

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Tangy, spicy, and packed with flavour, Nova Scotia Green Tomato Chow Chow will add zest to any sandwich or dinner plate that needs a jolt of flavour.

This is my Dad’s Green Tomato Chow-Chow recipe. I think it originates from Nova Scotia, Canada as it is also known as “Nana’s Chow-Chow. It is made only with green tomatoes and on…

Momma persuading Bubba to go to the Field for Ingredients This sweet tangy relish uses up the last of the green tomato crop just before Jack Frost is due. A sample from Betty’s 1980 batch wo…

This is my Dad’s Green Tomato Chow-Chow recipe. I think it originates from Nova Scotia, Canada as it is also known as “Nana’s Chow-Chow. It is made only with green tomatoes and on…

Okay, I am probably done with the green tomatoes for this year. There are still a good few rather small ones left, but at this point the compost calls. Enough is enough. Chow-chow is a very old-fashioned sort of relish, although it is still very popular on the east coast, especially in Nova Scotia. It seems to have died out to some degree in Ontario, although it was once ubiquitous here too. Old cook books are full of recipes for it. The vegetables in it varied somewhat and it went by a huge…

This Green Tomato Chow is a sweet yet slightly tangy condiment. Lovely served with many meals, it is superb served with fish cakes.

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