Mama Stamberg’s Cranberry Relish

Steve, from Half-fast Cycling Club wrote about the passing of an illustrious, integrity-full journalist, Susan Stamberg, who passed away last week at the age of 87.  Part of Steve’s post talks about one of her famous recipes for Cranberry Relish.  I decided to take a crack at the recipe this afternoon.  

I don’t have a food processor, but I do have a blender.  It was a pain in the butt to chop the cranberries and onions with the blender.  Using small batches, and putting the ones that didn’t get chopped in with consecutive small batches, finally they were ready to add the rest of the ingredients to.   That was easy.  Next was trying to find a plastic container to put the mixture into.  Not easy, as I almost exclusively use glass, or compostable or silicon freezer bags.  I decided against bags after finding 2 plastic sandwich containers on the top of the fridge.

Thanks, Steve, and thanks, Susan Stamberg, for the recipe.

Go to Steve’s post to read about Susan Stamberg and to get the famous recipe for her relish.

6 Comments Add yours

  1. Oh I love that you tried this as a result of Steve’s post, Li in honor of Susan Stamberg. Well, how was it?
    ❤️

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Cindy, it goes into the freezer until Thanksgiving and is thawed the morning of. Once I taste it, I will do an update on the post.

      Like

  2. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:

    I don’t know about cranberries and onions…think I’ll stick to sugar. What did you think? (K)

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Kerfe, the onions combined with the horseradish gives a savory aspect, and the sugar helps with the tartness of the cranberries. The sour cream gives it a good texture. Cindy asked also. From the bit I tasted on the spoon I used to mix it and put it into the freezer containers, it tasted great. The real test will be on Tgiving, after I thaw it and use it on Tgiving foods. Maybe do a small batch?

      Liked by 1 person

      1. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:

        Maybe. But I’ll probably make traditional cranberries for Thanksgiving.

        Liked by 1 person

  3. bruce@ssa's avatar bruce@ssa says:

    Lisa, it looks great. I too was wondering about the onions, but I see your comment above and it makes more sense to me now.

    Liked by 1 person

Your thoughts matter.