Classic Recipe -- Tomato Ketchup

[hlburi]

Classic Recipe -- Tomato Ketchup

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Mrs. Samuel Whitehorne, SUGAR HOUSE BOOK, 1801, Collection of the Newport Historical Society.

 

Get them quite ripe on a dry day, squeeze them with your hands till reduced to a pulp, then put half a pound of fine salt to one hundred tomatoes, and boil them for two hours. Stir them to prevent burning. While hot press them through a fine sieve, with a silver spoon till nought but the skin remains, then add a little mace, 3 nutmegs, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and pepper to taste. Boil over a slow fire till quite thick, stir all the time. Bottle when cold. One hundred tomatoes will make four or five bottles and keep good for two or three years.

 

[shasta]

Thank goodness for Hienz!

 

That lady went to a lot of trouble, but I guess in 1801 you had to. I'll bet that when she was finished to had to get busy with the wash board and ironing too.

[ms_lisa]

Classic Recipe -- Tomato Ketchup

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Mrs. Samuel Whitehorne, SUGAR HOUSE BOOK, 1801, Collection of the Newport Historical Society.

 

Get them quite ripe on a dry day, squeeze them with your hands till reduced to a pulp, then put half a pound of fine salt to one hundred tomatoes, and boil them for two hours. Stir them to prevent burning. While hot press them through a fine sieve, with a silver spoon till nought but the skin remains, then add a little mace, 3 nutmegs, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and pepper to taste. Boil over a slow fire till quite thick, stir all the time. Bottle when cold. One hundred tomatoes will make four or five bottles and keep good for two or three years.

 

 

There is a reason they did not live long back then.....

[righteousbabe]

Classic Recipe -- Tomato Ketchup

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Mrs. Samuel Whitehorne, SUGAR HOUSE BOOK, 1801, Collection of the Newport Historical Society.

 

Get them quite ripe on a dry day, squeeze them with your hands till reduced to a pulp, then put half a pound of fine salt to one hundred tomatoes, and boil them for two hours. Stir them to prevent burning. While hot press them through a fine sieve, with a silver spoon till nought but the skin remains, then add a little mace, 3 nutmegs, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and pepper to taste. Boil over a slow fire till quite thick, stir all the time. Bottle when cold. One hundred tomatoes will make four or five bottles and keep good for two or three years.

 

 

There is a reason they did not live long back then.....

 

What!? No sugar?? My kids would not eat it! Especially the 4 year old who thinks it goes on everything!

[angeleyeskkhr]

Classic Recipe -- Tomato Ketchup

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Mrs. Samuel Whitehorne, SUGAR HOUSE BOOK, 1801, Collection of the Newport Historical Society.

 

Get them quite ripe on a dry day, squeeze them with your hands till reduced to a pulp, then put half a pound of fine salt to one hundred tomatoes, and boil them for two hours. Stir them to prevent burning. While hot press them through a fine sieve, with a silver spoon till nought but the skin remains, then add a little mace, 3 nutmegs, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and pepper to taste. Boil over a slow fire till quite thick, stir all the time. Bottle when cold. One hundred tomatoes will make four or five bottles and keep good for two or three years.

 

 

 

If I don't have any mace on hand, can I use some pepperspray?

 

(just kidding of course)

[Chendo]

Classic Recipe -- Tomato Ketchup

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Mrs. Samuel Whitehorne, SUGAR HOUSE BOOK, 1801, Collection of the Newport Historical Society.

 

Get them quite ripe on a dry day, squeeze them with your hands till reduced to a pulp, then put half a pound of fine salt to one hundred tomatoes, and boil them for two hours. Stir them to prevent burning. While hot press them through a fine sieve, with a silver spoon till nought but the skin remains, then add a little mace, 3 nutmegs, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and pepper to taste. Boil over a slow fire till quite thick, stir all the time. Bottle when cold. One hundred tomatoes will make four or five bottles and keep good for two or three years.

 

 

 

I don't get it!?!?

 

 

Are you laughing because it wouldn't last that long in your house or because it wouldnt last that long because it would go bad?

Edited January 7, 2007 by chendo

[Marty716]

Classic Recipe -- Tomato Ketchup

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Mrs. Samuel Whitehorne, SUGAR HOUSE BOOK, 1801, Collection of the Newport Historical Society.

 

Get them quite ripe on a dry day, squeeze them with your hands till reduced to a pulp, then put half a pound of fine salt to one hundred tomatoes, and boil them for two hours. Stir them to prevent burning. While hot press them through a fine sieve, with a silver spoon till nought but the skin remains, then add a little mace, 3 nutmegs, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and pepper to taste. Boil over a slow fire till quite thick, stir all the time. Bottle when cold. One hundred tomatoes will make four or five bottles and keep good for two or three years.

 

 

My recipe is better than that...drive to the store and pickup a bottle.

[hlburi]

Classic Recipe -- Tomato Ketchup

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Mrs. Samuel Whitehorne, SUGAR HOUSE BOOK, 1801, Collection of the Newport Historical Society.

 

Get them quite ripe on a dry day, squeeze them with your hands till reduced to a pulp, then put half a pound of fine salt to one hundred tomatoes, and boil them for two hours. Stir them to prevent burning. While hot press them through a fine sieve, with a silver spoon till nought but the skin remains, then add a little mace, 3 nutmegs, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and pepper to taste. Boil over a slow fire till quite thick, stir all the time. Bottle when cold. One hundred tomatoes will make four or five bottles and keep good for two or three years.

 

 

 

I don't get it!?!?

 

 

Are you laughing because it wouldn't last that long in your house or because it wouldnt last that long because it would go bad?

 

I think I'm laughing at the whole thing really.

 

I can see me trying to find 100 tomatoes to make that recipe.

 

But yeah, I found it humourous that it says it will last for 2 or 3 years.

 

[hlburi]

My recipe is better than that...drive to the store and pickup a bottle.

 

Back in 1801, that would be the General Store, Miss Kitty!

[Marty716]

My recipe is better than that...drive to the store and pickup a bottle.

 

Back in 1801, that would be the General Store, Miss Kitty!

 

I wouldn't be driving either.

[angeleyeskkhr]

My recipe is better than that...drive to the store and pickup a bottle.

 

Back in 1801, that would be the General Store, Miss Kitty!

 

I wouldn't be driving either.

 

 

Sure ya would. Ya'd hitch your horse up to the wagon and drive that thing into town where ya'd go to the General store and pick up all your supplies. Just don't dally over yonder in the saloon....Your wife would kill ya for sure!

Edited January 8, 2007 by angeleyeskkhr