Spanish Relish
- Title
- Spanish Relish
- Subject
- cabbage
- cucumbers
- onions
- salt
- vinegar
- sugar
- celery seed
- turmeric
- mustard
- flour
- Description
- Spanish Relish
2 qts cabbage chopped
1 " cucumbers "
6 onions chopped 1c salt
stand over night + drain
4c vinegar Boil
2½c sugar
(1 tb sp. celery seed
Back:
make paste of:-
1 tb sp. ground tumeric
4 " " " mustard
1c flour. ½c vinegar
when vinegar + sugar starts
to boil add paste + boil
until thick + pour over
relish.
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# Spanish Relish
## Ingredients
### Vegetable Base
- 2 qt cabbage, chopped
- 1 qt cucumbers, chopped
- 6 onions, chopped
- 1 cup salt
### Brine
- 4 cups vinegar
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 Tbsp celery seed
### Paste
- 1 Tbsp ground turmeric
- 4 Tbsp ground mustard
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup vinegar
## Instructions
1. Combine chopped cabbage, cucumbers, and onions with 1 cup salt. Let stand overnight and drain.
2. Combine vinegar, sugar, and celery seed in a large pot. Bring to a boil.
3. Make paste by mixing turmeric, mustard, and flour together, then stirring in the 1 cup vinegar until smooth.
4. When the vinegar and sugar mixture starts to boil, add the paste and continue boiling until thick.
5. Pour hot mixture over the drained relish. - Creator
- Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka
- Source
- RCA0006 - The Yetka family collection that started the project (eBay)
- Date
- 1950s
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Handwritten recipe card
- Identifier
- RCA0006-20260609-0251
- Coverage
- Oregon, US
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Citation
Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka, “Spanish Relish,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed June 29, 2026, https://recipecardarchive.com/items/show/1634.