What ingredients are in a chow-chow?
Ah, now there is a question, and the answer to what ingredients are IN your Chow Chow depends on where you LIVE. In the southern US, Chow Chow has green tomatoes, cabbage, onions, and red peppers. It has all of those AND can include cauliflower, beans, hot peppers, and more in the northern US.
SO THERE IS ONE DEFINITIVE NOVA SCOTIA RECIPE?
No. There are guidelines.
You can make it very sweet. The Chow Chow recipe I followed was for a very sweet pickle. My mom uses about half that amount of sugar (just regular white sugar).
You can use a lot of pickling spice in a cloth bag …. or like my aunt, you can use some mustard and celery seeds and leave them in. Mom says, ‘I HATE finding seeds in my Chow Chow!'
They're sisters, and they do this classic Maritime condiment differently.
You can use pure vinegar if you like a pungent pickle. Or you can dilute it with water.
