Do you know what chow chow is?

[browneyes]

Or is it just a southern thing?

 

[olena]

I know what it is. I can't stomach it. My grandmother makes it. My Mom loves mixing it with collards and other veggies.

 

[Beechparty]

I know what it is but then I am southern.

 

[Figment22]

I love chow chow but I never knew it was considered a southern thing. When we lived up north, I used to eat it whenever we visited the Amish Country in Pennsylvania! The chow chow at
Good and Plenty Restaurant is delicious. Now that we live here in SC, I have seen it canned and sold in a few places and was surprised to find it. I always thought it was Amish!

 

[Princess Michelle]

The only Chow Chow I know is the dog breed.

 

[Pop Daddy]

up north we say, its supper, its supper

 

[Buckalew]

Ick!

*picture P. Michelle's Tigger clip art sticking tongue out here*

 

[browneyes]

Originally posted by Pop Daddy
up north we say, its supper, its supper

Chow chow is similiar to salsa, but without the tomatoes. It's yummy in pinto beans. I'm not sure if all have it, but all the ones I've had have a cabbage base.

 

[4greatboys]

Hmmm Im a southerner and never heard of chow chow.

 

[powellrj]

I love chow-chow and I am from Indiana, I wonder if its an Amish thing too, because thats where I get it is from an Amish store.

 

[AZKathy]

Wow. A blast from my past! My mom (from North Georgia!) made chow chow all the time when I was a kid. Love it! Hmmm...anyone have a recipe?

 

[lulubelle]

Never heard of it...but being the cabbage lover I am, I am interested in it What else is in it?

 

[browneyes]

Chow Chow, an old Indian favorite popular throughout the South. Salted and ground cabbage, green tomatoes, peppers, and onions are thickened with a butter roux, then pickled.

The kind I have on hand is a hot chow chow. It's got jalapeno peppers and they use Vidalia onions (the best onions in the world, imo). Mine doesn't have any kind of tomatoes though.

 

[JohnTBap]

Originally posted by 4greatboys
Hmmm Im a southerner and never heard of chow chow.

Next time you're at Randalls go to the pickle aisle and look for Del-Dixie's.

 

[HauntedMansionGeek]

So what do you actually DO with Chow Chow?

Is it medicinal? Is it like a mustard plaster where ya spread it all over yer bod? Is it like canned toe-jam? Do you spread it on bread? Boil it? Nuke it? IS it dog food?

Oh I have SOOOOooooooooooo many questions!

 

[WillyJ]

I thought it was that dance those cats do in those stupid Cat Chow commercials. . .

 

[browneyes]

LOL, HMG. You eat it.

You spread canned toe-jam on bread?

 

[disneyjunkie]

I'm a Brooklyn girl, and I love chow chow. My grandmother used to make it when I was little. When my parents would take us down south (SC), they'd always bring several jars back. I remember eating it with collard greens.

My grandmother would also can apples. We'd eat them with home made biscuits.

Now I'm hungry.

 

[HauntedMansionGeek]

Originally posted by WillyJ
I thought it was that dance those cats do in those stupid Cat Chow commercials. . .

*giggling at silly Willy*

No silly, that'd be Chow Chow CHOW....ya got an extra Chow in there when the cat's doing his little number.


Chow Chow = apparently people-ish food

Chow Chow Chow = touted as a cat-ish food

 

[shep]