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. <br />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. <br />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." <br />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. <br />

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