Salt Cod Cakes with ChowChow Relish Recipe

Chow-Chow is a Nova Scotian and American relish that uses up those end-of-the-garden-season "orphaned" vegetables from the garden.  I don't exactly know where it originates from, but I've seen recipes from the South (a staple whenever pinto beans and cornbread are served) and also from the Pennsylvania Dutch.  It's a mixture of sweet, hot and spicy flavors that goes perfectly with these mild cod cakes. Salted cod may not look very appealing to most, but it is one of the kingpin fishes for Italian and Portuguese families.  Most people don't want to bother with the soaking of the fish, which plumps it up before it is cooked, but if prepared right, salt cod is worthy of praise!  The slight saltiness of the cod brings out a whole new flavor to…