Tomato Sauce (for Chops or Fish)

Ingredients

• can tomatoes
• 1 cup water
• 2 cloves
• 2 allspice berries
• 2 peppercorns
• 1 teaspoonful mixed herbs
• 2 sprigs parsley
• 1 tablespoonful chopped onion
• 1 tablespoonful butier
• 1 heaping tablesp. cornstarch
• 3^ teaspoonful salt
• }^ saltspoonful pepper

Method

1. 1

   Put tomatoes, water, spices, herbs, and parsley to boil in a granite saucepan.

2. 2

   Fry onion in butter till yellow, add cornstarch, and stir into the tomato.

3. 3

   Simmer for ten minutes; add salt, pepper, and a little cayenne pepper, and strain over boiled meat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book (1884) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 118. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Tomato Sauce (for Chops or Fish). can tomatoes. 1 cup water. 2 cloves. 2 allspice berries. 2 peppercorns. 1 teaspoonful mixed herbs. 2 sprigs parsley. 1 tablespoonful chopped onion. 1 tablespoonful butier. 1 heaping tablesp. cornstarch. 3^ teaspoonful salt. }^ saltspoonful pepper

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