Chili Sauce

Arwilda kept four different recipes with this title.

18-tomato nutmeg-and-allspice batch

Clear Tote typed 18-tomato card

Ingredients

18 tomatoes
2 large onions
2 green peppers
2 red peppers
2 cup sugar (or little more)
1 tbls. cinnamon
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. allspice
1 tbls. celery seed
1-3 tsp. of ground red peppers
2½ c. vinegar
2 tbl. salt

Directions

Ground
Peel tomatoes and grind. Grind onions and peppers.
Stir all together and add salt, sugar, vinegar and add spices.
Boil for one hour or until becomes thick
Pour hot into hot jars and seal tight.

Timing: boil for one hour or until thick

Temperature: boil mixture; pour hot into hot jars

Equipment: peeler; grinder; cooking pot; stirring utensil; hot jars and closures

Arwilda’s changes

Added “Ground”

Clear Tote handwritten 18-tomato card

Ingredients

18 tomatoes
2 large yellow onions
2 green peppers
2 red peppers
the same quantities in abbreviated or card-grammar forms
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp allspice

Directions

Peel tomatoes and grind.
Grind onions and peppers.
Stir all together and add salt, sugar, vinegar and spices.
Boil for 1 hour or until becomes thick.
Pour hot into jars and seal tight.

Timing: Boil for 1 hour or until becomes thick.

Temperature: Boil; Pour hot

Equipment: tomato-peeling setup; food grinder; cutting board and knife; large stirring and boiling pot; stirring utensil; canning jars and closures; filling utensil

Arwilda’s changes

Changed “2 large onions” to “2 large yellow onions”
Crossed out “1 tblsp celery seed”

72-tomato cabbage-and-apple batch

Blue Binder active large-batch sheet and mirrored reverse

Chili Sauce

Yield: Approx. [number partly overwritten] pints

Ingredients

72 medium tomatoes
12 green peppers
6 red hot peppers
36 medium onions
3 cups vinegar
6 cups white sugar
6 tablespoon salt
7 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
2 teaspoon celery seed
1 small cabbage
3 medium apples

Directions

cut or chop up.
Boil 3 1/2 to 4 hrs
seal in jars

Timing: 3 1/2 to 4 hrs

Temperature: Boil 3 1/2 to 4 hrs

Equipment: cutting tools, large cooking vessel, stirring utensil, and canning jars with seals

As written

copper, [crossed-out] pots

Chili Sauce

Ingredients

12 medium to large tomatoes
12 green peppers
6 red hot peppers
30 medium onions
3 cups vinegar
6 cups white sugar
4 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
2 teaspoon celery seed; 1 small cabbage; 3 medium apples

Directions

Boil 3 1/2 to 4 hrs. seal in jars.
cut or grind up

Timing: 3 1/2 to 4 hrs

Equipment: jars

Clear Tote sideways 72-tomato card

Yield: app. - 18 pts

Ingredients

72 medium tomatoes
12 green peppers
6 red hot peppers
36 medium onions
3 cups vinegar
6 cups white sugar
6 tbls salt
7 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. celery seed
1 small cabbage
3 medium apples

Directions

Boil 3½ - 4 hrs
Seal in jars

Timing: Boil 3 1/2 - 4 hrs

Temperature: Boil

Equipment: produce-preparation tools, large cooking vessel, measuring tools, stirring utensil, jars, filling utensil, and jar seals

Arwilda’s changes

Added “app. - 18 pts”

June 18-tomato shorthand-spice batch

Mrs. Growson Kellogg June card

Ingredients

18 ripe tomatoes, chopped fine
2 large onions, ground up
2 green peppers, ground up
2 red peppers, ground up
2 cups sugar (more if desired)
1 teaspoon of each kind of spices
1 Tablespoon (small) red pepper
2 1/2 cups vinegar
2 Tablespoons salt
1 Tablespoon Celery seed

Directions

Cook until thickened, can in hot jars

Timing: until thickened

Temperature: thickened; hot jars

Equipment: cooking vessel; grinder; hot canning jars

Notes

This is the one June,; 1.20.

As written

This is the one June!

Mild

1 Pint

La Poncella Hines celery, soup, and paste batch

La Poncella Hines two-sided card

From La Poncella Hines.

Ingredients

Chopped: 4 qt Tomatoes (peeled)
(fine) 2 cups onions
2 cups celery
3 green peppers.
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup cider vinegar
salt & chilli powder to your taste
2 tbsp. pickling spices tied in thin white cloth
1-12 oz can of Tomato soup
(1-12oz) can of tomato paste

Directions

cook slowly until celery onions are transparent
add 1-12 oz can of Tomato soup and (1-12oz) can of tomato paste.
mix well. simmer for 15 min.
Put in hot sterile jars.

Timing: simmer for 15 min.

Temperature: cook slowly; simmer; hot sterile jars

Equipment: knife and cutting surface; measuring vessels; thin white cloth and tie; cooking pot; stirring utensil; hot sterile jars

Compare the cards

Produce, vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices

Clear Tote sideways 72-tomato card: 72 tomatoes, 12 green peppers, 6 red hot peppers, 36 onions, 3 cups vinegar, 6 cups sugar, 6 tablespoons salt, 7 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves, 2 teaspoons celery seed, 1 small cabbage, and 3 apples.
Clear Tote typed 18-tomato card: 18 tomatoes, 2 onions, 2 green peppers, 2 red peppers, 2 cups sugar or more, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 2 teaspoons nutmeg, 1 teaspoon allspice, 1 tablespoon celery seed, 1 to 3 teaspoons ground red pepper, 2 1/2 cups vinegar, and 2 tablespoons salt.
Mrs. Growson Kellogg June card: 18 tomatoes, 2 onions, 2 green peppers, 2 red peppers, 2 cups sugar or more, 1 teaspoon of each unnamed kind of spices, 1 tablespoon small red pepper, 2 1/2 cups vinegar, 2 tablespoons salt, and 1 tablespoon celery seed.
La Poncella Hines two-sided card: 4 quarts peeled tomatoes, onions, celery, green peppers, sugar, cider vinegar, salt, chilli powder, pickling spices, tomato soup, and tomato paste.

Cooking and jar packing

Blue Binder active large-batch sheet and mirrored reverse: Cut or chop the first four vegetables, boil 3 1/2 to 4 hours, and seal in jars; no separate jar-processing step is stated.
Clear Tote typed 18-tomato card: Peel and grind tomatoes, grind onions and peppers, combine with seasonings, boil one hour or until thick, pour hot into hot jars, and seal tight; no separate jar-processing step is stated.
Mrs. Growson Kellogg June card: Chop tomatoes, grind onions and peppers, cook until thickened, and can in hot jars; no duration or separate jar-processing step is stated.
La Poncella Hines two-sided card: Cook slowly until celery and onions are transparent, add soup and paste, simmer 15 minutes, and put in hot sterile jars; no separate jar-processing step is stated.

18-tomato card annotations

Clear Tote typed 18-tomato card: Ground is added beside a bracket spanning the first four produce ingredients; celery seed remains active.
Clear Tote handwritten 18-tomato card: Grind is bracketed beside the same four ingredients, and the celery-seed line is deleted.

Large-batch pint yield

Blue Binder active large-batch sheet and mirrored reverse: Approx. [altered number] pints; the number is not fully recoverable on this sheet.
Clear Tote sideways 72-tomato card: app. - 18 pts

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