Corn Chowder

Arwilda kept three different recipes with this title.

Earl's Mother's one-quart formula with processing notes

White Binder card attributed to Earl's Mother, January 2006

From Earl's Mother.

Ingredients

  • 1 qt corn
  • 1 qt cabbage
  • 1 qt onions
  • 1 qt green Tomatoes
  • 1 qt cucumbers
  • 1 qt sugar
  • 1 qt vinegar
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp. celery seed
  • 1 tsp mustard seed.

Directions

  1. Grind all [deleted word] vegetables (except corn) separate.
  2. Then mix and cook all together for about 3/4 to 1 hour. On med heat.
  3. Can hot & seal.
  4. I cold pack mine for 10 minutes

Timing: about 3/4 to 1 hour; 10 minutes

Temperature: medium heat; Can hot & seal

Equipment: food grinder; separate vegetable vessels; large mixing and cooking pot; stirring utensil; canning jars and closures; cold-pack processing vessel

Notes

  • Jan 2006 and isolated numeral 9; no Very Good text

As written

9

Arwilda’s changes

  • Added “Grind all vegetables (except corn) separate.”

One-quart formula with short method

Clear Tote typed card attributed to MA WILLIAMS

From (MA WILLIAMS).

Ingredients

  • 1qt. corn
  • 1 qt. cabbage
  • 1 qt. onions
  • 1 qt. green tomotoas
  • 1 qt. cucumbers
  • 1 qt. sugar
  • 1 qt. vinegar
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp. celery seed
  • 1 tsp. mustard seed

Directions

  1. Grind all vegetables separate then cook all together.

Temperature: cook all together

Clear Tote handwritten card attributed to Grandma Williams

From Grandma Williams.

Ingredients

  • 1 qt corn
  • 1 qt cabbage
  • 1 qt onions
  • 1 qt green tomatoes
  • 1 qt cucumbers
  • 1 qt sugar
  • 1 qt vinegar
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp celery seed - 1 tsp mustard seed

Directions

  1. Grind all vegetables seperate then cook all together

Temperature: cook all together

Equipment: vegetable grinder, measuring vessels and spoons, cooking pot, stirring utensil

As written

Here's What's Cooking from the kitchen of: Serves:

Corn Chowder Grandma Williams 1 qt corn 1 qt cabbage 1 qt onions 1 qt green tomatoes 1 qt cucumbers 1 qt sugar 1 qt vinegar salt to taste 1 tsp celery seed - 1 tsp mustard seed Grind all vegetables seperate then cook all together cook all together vegetable grinder, measuring vessels and spoons, cooking pot, stirring utensil [Two fully readable recipe surfaces except for the deleted attribution text.]

Old Binder typed card attributed to ma Williams

From ma Williams.

Ingredients

  • 1 qt Corn
  • 1 qt Cabbage
  • 1 qt Onions
  • 1 qt Green Tomatoes
  • 1 qt Cucumbers
  • 1 qt Sugar
  • 1 qt Vingar
  • salt to taste-about 3 tsp
  • 1 tsp Celery
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seed.

Directions

  1. Grind all vegetables separate, then cook all to-gether

Twelve-ear corn, cabbage, pepper, and turmeric formula

Green Recipe Box two-card 12-ear formula

Ingredients

  • 12 ears sweet corn
  • 12 C. chopped cabbage
  • 3 sweet green or red peppers
  • 2 ts dry Mustard
  • 1 T Celery Seed
  • 1 1/4 ts turmeric
  • 2 C. sugar
  • 1/2 C flour
  • 1 tbs salt
  • Vinegar

Directions

  1. Cut 12 ears sweet corn.
  2. Chop other Vegetables fine.
  3. Mix spices.
  4. Add Chopped Vegetables and Corn.
  5. Cook, 10 min.
  6. Pack into Jars.

Timing: Cook, 10 min

Temperature: Cook 10 min

Equipment: cutting tools, mixing vessel, cooking vessel, and jars

Notes

  • Vinegar is listed without a quantity.

Compare the cards

Vegetable and thickening formula

Clear Tote typed card attributed to MA WILLIAMS
Equal quarts of corn, cabbage, onions, green tomatoes, cucumbers, sugar, and vinegar, seasoned with celery seed and mustard seed.
White Binder card attributed to Earl's Mother, January 2006
The same equal-quart formula with celery seed and mustard seed.
Green Recipe Box two-card 12-ear formula
Twelve ears corn, 12 cups cabbage, sweet peppers, dry mustard, celery seed, turmeric, sugar, flour, salt, and an unspecified quantity of vinegar.

Cooking and jar-processing instructions

Clear Tote typed card attributed to MA WILLIAMS
Grind the vegetables separately, then cook all together; no time, heat level, jar packing, or processing duration is supplied.
White Binder card attributed to Earl's Mother, January 2006
Cook 3/4 to 1 hour on medium heat, can hot and seal; the writer adds that she cold-packs hers for 10 minutes.
Green Recipe Box two-card 12-ear formula
Cook 10 minutes and pack into jars; no further processing instruction is supplied.

Salt in short-form cards

Old Binder typed card attributed to ma Williams
salt to taste—about 3 tsp
Clear Tote typed card attributed to MA WILLIAMS
salt to taste
Clear Tote handwritten card attributed to Grandma Williams
salt to taste

Name on the card

Old Binder typed card attributed to ma Williams
ma Williams
Clear Tote typed card attributed to MA WILLIAMS
MA WILLIAMS
Clear Tote handwritten card attributed to Grandma Williams
Grandma Williams, replacing an unreadable deleted word
White Binder card attributed to Earl's Mother, January 2006
Earl's Mother

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