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Delicious Corn Relish

Arlene Williams
Course Sauce

Ingredients
  

  • 8 ears corn on the cob, husked
  • 1 medium white onion, chopped
  • 1 sweet red pepper, chopped
  • 1 small sweet green pepper, chopped
  • 3/4 of a celery rib, chopped
  • 1-1/2 cups distilled white vinegar
  • 1-1/4 cups sugar
  • 1/8 cup pickling salt or kosher salt
  • 1 Tbsp mustard seed
  • 3/4 tsp celery seed
  • 1/2 tsp dry mustard
  • 1/4 tsp ground turmeric

Instructions
 

  • Cook com in boiling water, 5 minutes. Remove cobs to ice water. Cut kernels from cob with knife; you should have about 5 cups kernels. Add onion, peppers and celery.
  • Stir vinegar, sugar, salt, mustard seed, celery seed, dry mustard and turmeric in a large non-aluminum Dutch oven to dissolve sugar and salt. Add vegetables. Simmer 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Sterilize canning jars, lids, screw bauds according to manufacturer's directions.
  • Ladle hot relish through funnel into hot jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Cover with lids; screw on bands. Process jars in large pot boiling water 15 minutes; jars should be covered by 1 inch of water. Remove jars to rack to cool. Test seals. Store in cool, dark place at least 2 weeks. Makes 3 pints. Enjoy!
  • Note: Always follow USDA guidelines for safe canning! https://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html#gsc.tab=0