Sweet Jalapeno Relish
 

To help with the heat today I canned 7 pints of relish. 12º tonight and tomorrow night. I think tomorrow I'll bake lemon blueberry muffins. Maybe date nut muffins next day.;)

Are you willing to share the recipe for sweet Jalapeno relish? Sweet and hot is my favorite.

48 oz canned diced, I'm not chopping peppers.
1 quart cucumber ± finely chopped. I used 4
2 large onion -- finely chopped I used 12 oz frozen
One red, yellow bell for color
1/4 cup salt -- + 2 Tbl
5 cups sugar
4 cups cider vinegar
4 teaspoons pickling spice

Combine cucumbers, onion, bell peppers and the 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons of salt in a large glass or ceramic bowl; cover with cold water & let stand for 2 hours. Drain thoroughly, pressing on the vegetable to remove excess liquid.

Combine the sugar and vinegar in a large pot; tie the pickling spices in cheesecloth and add to the liquid. Bring to a boil & simmer for 10 minutes. Add the vegetables & simmer for 10 minutes.
Add peppers at last 5 minutes.
Remove spice bag.
Pack into hot jars & process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.
I drained the peppers. Drained and put the other stuff in a salad spinner. ½ at a time. I also seeded the cucumbers. Also used a french fry cutter for cukes.

"I like my women like I like my relish...sweet and hot!"

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Say Buster can ya slap a stamp on one of those date nut muffins, and send it to KY? Sounds dee-lish.