[CH] Homemade Ketchup
Nels Peterson family (npkp4jp@polarcomm.com)
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:22:39 -0700
Thanks to those that sent ketchup recipes -- My dear wife said that the
recipe needed to be entered as "Evil' Ketchup" :-)
I may have gotten carried away with the peppers, put in about 1 cup chopped
jalapenos and about 2/3 cup others (I don't know what they are, they came
from a Bangladeshi friend). They grow straigth up and turn yellow and then
to red when they ripen. Good earthy flavor and quite hot. Even threw in
some cayennes just for fun.
Cooked the peppers and onions in vinegar and then sieved them through a food
mill and added to resulting glop to tomato juice and spices, cooked it down
and put it in jars.
My non-chile head son said it was good - but too hot. He took some to
school today for hamburgers, said everyone wanted some, but those that tried
it thought it was too hot and couldn't eat it. (And he is the
non-chile-head kid!) The principal tried it and said it was good.
Another question -- I picked the remaining jalapenos tonight, has anyone
made jalapeno refirgerator pickles like can be made with cucumbers. I would
like to try a batch with onions, etc. Any recipes out there wouild be
appreciated.
Nels in ND Where we are expecting our first frost tonight.