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Various Ketchups
sieve. Boil the pulp and juice down to the consistency of apple butter,
stirring steadily to prevent burning. Mix the spices and sugar with the
vinegar, and add to the tomatoes. Boil up twice, then bottle. Process.
Makes about 22 pints (11 liters).
Wild Plum Ketchup
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0 lb (4 1/2 kg) plums, stemmed (about 7 1/2 quarts)
0 cups (2 1/2 liters) sugar
quart (1 liter) white vinegar
teaspoon (5 ml) ground cinnamon
/2 teaspoon (2 ml) grated nutmeg
/2 teaspoon (2 ml) ground cloves
Add the sugar to the plums, and place them in an enameled or stainless-steel
pan over medium heat. Cover. After 30 minutes, increase the heat and stir
the plum-sugar mixture. Break some of the plums with a wooden spoon.
Continue cooking, stirring the mixture occasionally, so that it does not
stick to the pan. In 15 minutes, all of the plums should be cooked through
and mashed. Remove from heat and cool.
Mash the mixture with a wooden spoon. Put the mashed pulp through a fine
sieve, and continue mashing until all of the liquid and some of the pulp
go through. Discard the pits and the skins. There should be about 4
quarts of liquid. Boil the vinegar together with the spices for a few
minutes. Add the vinegar-spice mixture to the plum liquid, then boil
vigorously, stirring constantly, for 15 minutes, or until the liquid has
reduced to 4 quarts again. Pour into bottles or jars. Process.
Makes 8 pints (4 liters).
English Ketchup
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lbs (3 kg) mushrooms, broken into pieces (about 7 1/2 quarts)
cup (1/4 liter) salt
1/2 cups (625 ml) vinegar
0 salt anchovies
teaspoon (5 ml) ground mace
teaspoon (5 ml) ground cloves
tablespoon (15 ml) pepper
slice fresh ginger
1/2 cups (375 ml) shallots, sliced
Mix the mushrooms with the salt in a blow, cover and let them stand for
nine days, stirring once or twice a day. Put them into a stoneware crock,
cover tightly, and set hte crock in a pan of water. Cook over low heat
for three hours. Strain the mushrooms through a sieve into a pot, and add
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