Green Tomato Pickle Recipe Card

December 1, 2024

This is the Family Recipe for “Green Tomato Pickle”, which is mostly used as a topping for a pot of beans. Sweet, vinegary, and a bit of cloves.

I went through some old files, and found the oldest family reference to this recipe, from Great-Grandma Box herself, and it’s dated 1917.

Handwritten family recipe card for Green Tomato Pickle from 1917, showing Great-Grandma Box’s recipe with ingredients and instructions in vintage handwriting

My PetRecipe for Green Tomatoe Pickle

Take 8 lbs. green tomatoes + chop fine.  Add 4 lbs brown sugar and boil
down 3 hours.  Add 1 qt vinegar, 1 teaspoon each of Mace, cinnamon, cloves, and
boil 15 minutes longer.  Put into jars and seal.  Good on meats and beans. From
Mrs. Scott at Trinity Center 1917.