Cherry Chutney
Origin: Mobile, Alabama
Source: Abby Fisher, 1881
Ingredients
- 1 gallon cherries
- 6 silver skin onions
- 0.5 gallon vinegar
- 2 ounces ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoonful cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoonful black pepper
- 2 tablespoonfuls salt
Instructions
- Seed the cherries.
- Chop the silver skin onions fine.
- Put the onions to cook in half a gallon of vinegar for 10 minutes.
- Add the seeded cherries.
- Season with two ounces of ground cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, one teaspoonful of black pepper, and two tablespoonfuls of salt.
- Continue to cook with a slow fire for twelve hours, stirring occasionally and keeping from burning.