Hey, I had all the ingredients so I did this recipe
https://www.healthycanning.com/dixie-relish
And I didn't want 7 pints of it so I halved the recipe but then it only ended up giving me enough for one pint jar and one half pint jar and then maybe enough for a the itty bitty jars but I don't have any so I just stuck the leftover in the fridge.
But now reading through the recipe I can't figure out how you'd get 7 pints out of it even at full recipe? Maybe it's something with not going by weight and instead using the cups measurements? Like there 4 cups each cabbage and peppers and then 2 cups onions and it's brined and then rinsed and squeezed its going to be less than 10 cups at the end of that… How does that fill 14 cups worth of jars?
Did I do something wrong by halving the recipe?
by CharacterNo2948
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4 cups cabbage + 4 cups peppers + 2 cups onion + 4 cups vinegar + 1 (3/4) cup sugar = 15 or 14 3/4 cups. So if you’ve reduced down a bit like it calls for you’re still around 14 cups. It says you can use a food processor so I’d imagine the chopped veg ends up pretty small and doesn’t loose a ton of volume even after brining it
That said canning recipes tend to be kind of off on what they estimate the batch size is. I always prepare more jars than I need just in case and sometimes end up using less than it called for too