cranberry orange relish

Author Notes

Ah, the Internet is wonderful. Google "faintly sticky" "Indian Trails" to see the recipe for cranberry orange relish I posted to the mod.recipes newsgroup in 1986. Some copies are unattributed, and at least one catastrophically omits the sugar, but there it is, my good old recipe, which I use to this day. Let me repeat the story: "In Chicago, where I did much of my growing up, there was a company called Indian Trails that made a frozen cranberry relish, and their relish was traditional at my family's Thanksgiving dinner. When I moved to Boston I missed it. So I determined when next I went back to find a package of Indian Trails, read the label carefully, and duplicate the ingredients.
Alas, the company had gone bankrupt in my absence and there were no packages anywhere in any reputable store. But I knew about the disreputable stores as well, so I took myself over to 47th Street and sure enough there in the frozen foods section I found a pink-marbled, faintly sticky package of Indian Trails cranberry relish, undoubtedly thawed out and re-frozen at least a dozen times.
Eagerly I snatched it up, eagerly I read the mysterious ingredients: cranberries, oranges, sugar. (This was before the days when they would have boasted No preservatives! No artificial ingredients!) I returned to Boston. I tried it: cranberries, oranges, sugar. Based on the original experience with Indian Trails, I assume my home-made version would freeze admirably."
Now Google "Indian Trail" (Trail, not Trails) "cranberry relish" to see what's become of the story since then. Meanwhile, I still make cranberry relish by my old recipe.
—mcvl