Green Tomato Soy

Ingredients

• ~20 lbs green tomatoes
• 12-18 white onions
• Salt
• White Vinegar
• Sugar
• Olive Oil
• 1 bottle of mustard 
• Black Pepper 
• Mace
• Whole cloves
• Whole allspice
• Black Peppercorns
• Mustard Seed
• Coriander
• Celery seed

Directions

1. Slice the tomatoes and onions thinly.
2. Place them in jars in alternating layers with a Tbs of salt between each layer. 
3. Wait 24 hours.
4. Mix mustard with vinegar.
5. 'Bruise' spices by lightly pounding them before use.
6. Mix spices evenly.
7. Pour off water and then boil the contents of the jars in vinegar in a large pot for 10-15 minutes.
8. Place them in jars again: layering tomatoes and onions, spice blend, a little sugar and a Tbs of olive oil until each jar is just shy of being filled. Each jar needs approximately a 1/4 - 1/2 inch 'headspace' between the top of the contents and the jars lid. 
9. Pour mustard & vinegar mixture over each jar to cover the contents.
10. Store for 2-3 years safely in cool dark space, and enjoy within 1 week of opening from the refrigerator.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Connor Haskins
Louisiana Anthology
July 17, 2022