{"id":1455,"date":"2020-07-17T11:50:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T17:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2020-07-21T10:52:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T16:52:23","slug":"red-hamburger-relish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/17\/red-hamburger-relish\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Hamburger Relish"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a child I frequently had Bick’s Hamburger Relish. The availability of this product in the USA is spotty at best, so as usual I made it myself. This recipe is really, really close to what I remember, and you can easily make a half batch. <\/p>\n

  • 7 cups ground cucumbers (approximately 7 medium sized cucumbers, weight roughly 3.5lb\/ 1.6kg), any liquid drained<\/li>\n
  • 5 cups ground onions (approximately 1.25lb \/ 570g), any liquid drained<\/li>\n
  • 1\/4 cup \/ 60ml \/ 72g pickling salt (substitute by weight with any non-iodine salt such as sea salt or kosher salt)<\/li>\n
  • 3 to 4 large red and green peppers, ground<\/li>\n
  • one 28oz\/795g can crushed tomatoes<\/li>\n
  • 3 to 3 1\/2 cups \/ 720 to 780ml white vinegar<\/li>\n
  • 1 1\/2 tsp. celery seed<\/li>\n
  • 1 1\/2 tsp. allspice, ground<\/li>\n
  • 2 cups hot water<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 to 3\/4 cup \/ 120 to 180ml brown sugar<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 to 3\/4 cup \/ 120 to 180ml cider vinegar<\/li>\n
  • 2 tsp. mustard seed<\/li>\n
  • 1 tsp. ground cloves<\/li>\n
  • 3 to 4 cups \/ 720 to 960ml white sugar<\/li>\n
  • 3\/4 cup \/ 180ml flour (or GF substitute such as xanthan gum)<\/li>\n

    Makes about 10 to 12 pints
    \nMix ground cucumbers, onions, and peppers with salt in a large bowl. Let stand overnight and then drain.
    \nCook all other ingredients in a large pot and boil for about 5 minutes.
    \nAdd cucumber mixture and bring back to a boil.
    \n*May add extra sugar, spices, vinegar to get desired taste.
    \nBoil for 15 minutes and pour into sterilized jars and seal. <\/p>\n

    I know the recipe says hamburger relish, but this is equally lovely with sausages or other grilled meats. And yes, I increased the mustard seed to 2 tablespoons because I like mustard seeds. Why else make it yourself if you don’t customise it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As a child I frequently had Bick’s Hamburger Relish. The availability of this product in the USA is spotty at best, so as usual I made it myself. This recipe is really, really close to what I remember, and you can easily make a half batch. 7 cups ground cucumbers (approximately 7 medium sized cucumbers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,18,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gluten-free","category-recipe","category-relish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1468,"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions\/1468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.addictedtocanning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}