Chow-Chow & Pickling Spice

Ok, so I was about to make some Chow-Chow for  family and friends and discovered I was completely out of pickling spice. I had everything else needed except this spice. It was too late to buy some so I did the next best thing - I made my own. I found a recipe online that listed everything my now empty pickling spice container listed; mustard seeds, allspice berries, corianda seeds, red pepper flakes, ground ginger, crumbled bay leaves, broken cinnamon sticks and whole cloves, If I say so myself, it looked and smelled just like the store brand, only better! Family & friends if you get a jar, let me know what you think.

Chow-Chow ingredients minus pickling spice

Store brand pickling spice

My homemade brand of pickling spice

When you mix all of the above

You could get these two!