German Tomato Mincemeat

Ingredients

• 1 peck of green tomatoes, chopped fine
• 5 pounds brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 2 pounds raisins
• 1 cup finely chopped suet
• 1 cup vinegar
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons cloves
• 2 tablespoons nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Chop tomatoes, pour off juice, and add as much water as juice.

2. 2

   Scald in this water and pour off liquid, repeat process and drain.

3. 3

   Boil slowly about four hours and add vinegar.

4. 4

   When cold, add spices.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 25 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delta Gamma cook book (1922), page 58. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 tablespoons cloves 1 bowl cider 1 tablespoon nutmeg 1 bowl chopped suet 1 tablespoon salt 2 bowls raisins 1 tablespoon pepper 2 tablespoons cinnamon 3 lemons (outside grated, and juice squeezed) If juice from sweet pickles is available, add it instead of part of the sugar and vinegar. Clara King Allen (Lambda Nu). English Mincemeat Uncooked, Without Meat 114. pounds suet, chopped fine IH pounds chopped apples 1 pound raisins 13^2 pounds brown sugar Y pound candied peel (lemon or orange), cut fine Steam slightly. PIES AND PASTRY 141 2 lemons, rind grated and juice 2 oranges, grated rind and juice 3^ teaspoon each of cloves, cinnamon, allspice, ginger and nutmeg 3<^ teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons brandy or sherry Store in sterilized fruit jars and seal. As it is very rich, make in individual pies, as in muffin tins. Margaret Monroe Williamson (Lambda Nu). German Tomato Mincemeat Chop fine one peck of green tomatoes, pour off juice and add as much water as juice. Scald in this water and pour off liquid, repeat process and drain. Add: 5 pounds brown sugar 2 tablespoons salt 2 pounds raisins 1 cup finely chopped suet Boil slowly about four hours and add one cup vinegar

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