Green Tomato Mincemeat

Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.

Jelly, vinegar, and two-cup-suet cold-pack recipe

Blue Binder handwritten page

Ingredients

  • 1 peck green tomatoes
  • 3 qts apples (after their ground)
  • 3 1/2 lb brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoon salt
  • 2 tablespoon clove
  • 2 lbs raisins
  • 1 lb currant or cherry currant jelly
  • 1 cup vinegar
  • 2 cups Suet

Directions

  1. Grind tomatoes, cover with clear hot water, about 5 to 10 minutes.
  2. Drain but not dry.
  3. Put apples and all spices, sugar and rest of ingredients together and boil.
  4. Put in tomatoes boil stirring so as not to burn. Boil about 15 min.
  5. Put into jars and cold pack about 10 minutes.

Timing: about 5 to 10 minutes; about 15 min.; about 10 minutes

Temperature: clear hot water; boil; cold pack

Equipment: food grinder; large heat-safe vessel; measuring vessels and scale; stirring utensil; strainer; cooking pot; canning jars and closures; cold-pack canner

Arwilda’s changes

  • Added “3 1/2 lb brown sugar”

Salt-rest, orange, lemon-or-vinegar, and one-cup-suet recipe

Decorative Recipe Tin two-card set

Yield: Six qts

Ingredients

  • 1 pk. Green Tomatoes
  • 2 Tbs salt
  • 1 cup suet + 1/2 cup water
  • 3 lb brown sugar
  • 2 lb raisins
  • 2 tsp ground Cinn
  • 1 tsp ground cloves; 2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • Grated rind of 1 orange
  • 3 Cups chopped apples
  • 3 lemons (pulp + juice) or 1/3 cup vinegar

Directions

  1. Chop up 1 pk. Green Tomatoes Sprinkle 2 Tbs salt and let stand 1 hour.
  2. Drain, Cover with cold water and boil 5 min. Drain.
  3. Add 1 cup suet + 1/2 cup water simmer 20 min.
  4. Stir in 3 lb brown sugar + boil until dissolved.
  5. Boil rapid till thick. Pack & seal in hot clean jars (Big qts)
  6. Add 2 lb raisins; boil rapidly till thick; pack and seal in hot clean jars; (Six qts)

Timing: let stand 1 hour; boil 5 min.; simmer 20 min.

Temperature: boil; simmer; boil rapidly; hot clean jars

Equipment: chopping tool, cooking vessel, strainer or draining setup, stirring utensil, and six-quart canning jars with seals

Arwilda’s changes

  • Added “Cups”

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Sweetener, fat, fruit, acid, and spices

Blue Binder handwritten page
3 1/2 lb brown sugar; 2 cups suet; 3 qts ground apples; currant or cherry-currant jelly; 1 cup vinegar; tablespoon-scale cinnamon and clove
Decorative Recipe Tin two-card set
3 lb brown sugar; 1 cup suet plus 1/2 cup water; 3 Cups chopped apples; orange rind; 3 lemons or 1/3 cup vinegar; teaspoon-scale cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg

Tomato preparation, cooking, and jar handling

Blue Binder handwritten page
Cover ground tomatoes with clear hot water for about 5 to 10 minutes, drain but not dry, boil other ingredients, add tomatoes, boil about 15 minutes, jar, and cold pack about 10 minutes
Decorative Recipe Tin two-card set
Salt chopped tomatoes for 1 hour, drain, cover with cold water and boil 5 minutes, drain, simmer with suet and water 20 minutes, dissolve sugar, add raisins and remaining ingredients, boil rapidly until thick, then pack and seal in hot clean jars

Stated yield

Blue Binder handwritten page
No yield stated
Decorative Recipe Tin two-card set
Six qts

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