Tomato Catchup aka Ketchup
Source of Recipe
New American Cookbook 1945
Recipe Introduction
Real Ketchup without the candy factor
List of Ingredients
- 1/2 peck tomatoes
- 3 red peppers
- 2 med onions, minced fine
- 2 tbsp salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 cups vinegar
- 2 tsp celery salt
- 2 tsp ground mustard
- 1 tbsp whole spice
- 1 tbsp cloves
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp paprika
Instructions
- Cook tomatoes, peppers and onions together without adding water. Press through a strainer and measure pulp.
- To pulp [4 qts] add salt, sugar, spices. Place whole spices in a bag for cooking and remove bag before placing in jars. Ground spices, except paprika, will darken catchup. Long slow cooking also gives a dark color.
- Cook ingredients together, except vinegar, rapidly for 1 hour, add vinegar and cook until mix is thick.
- Seal in clean hot jars
- Should be bright red in color.
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