This week’s offering is not meant to stand alone. I suppose you could pull up a chair and tuck in to a jar with a big spoon but you’d risk permanent vinegar face and depending on how heavy handed you are with the spices you might introduce an unnecessary level of mistrust to the relationship you have with your taste buds.
It’s hard to just call this a condiment though.
Think of it as a blessing, a boon to a decently large swath of the tailgating oeuvre.
For those of you unfamiliar with chow chow, a quick Google search will tell you that “The Chow-Chow is a sturdily built dog, square in profile, with a broad skull and small, triangular, erect ears with rounded tips.