Green Tomato Catsup

Ingredients

• One peck of green tomatoes
• one dozen large onions
• one-half pint salt
• one-quarter pound mustard seed
• three dessert-spoons sweet oil
• one ounce allspice
• one ounce cloves
• one ounce ground mustard
• one ounce ground ginger
• two tablespoons black pepper
• two teaspoons celery seed
• one-quarter pound brown sugar

Method

1. 1

   Slice the tomatoes and onions, layer with salt, and let stand for twenty-four hours.

2. 2

   Drain, then put all ingredients in a preserving pan, cover with vinegar, and boil for two hours.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mother Hubbard's cupboard (1887), page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GREEN TOMATO CATSUP. One peck of green tomatoes, one dozen large onions, one- half pint salt ; slice the tomatoes and onions. To a layer of these add a layer of salt ; let stand twenty-four hours, then drain. Add one-quarter pound mustard seed, three dessert- spoons sweet oil, one ounce allspice, one ounce cloves, one ounce ground mustard, one ounce ground ginger, two table- spoons black pepper, two teaspoons celery seed, one-quarter pound brown sugar

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