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Basic Tomato Ketchup

From the Kitchen of: Sylvia
Source: Keeping the Harvest

8-10	lbs	Very ripe tomatoes (35-45 medium)
1-2		Ripe sweet red peppers (use all green if red are unavailable)
1-2		Sweet green peppers
4-5		Onions
3	C	Cider vinegar
1-3	C	Sugar or honey
3	tbsp	Salt

Quarter tomatoes, removing blossom and stem ends and blemishes. Seed and cut up peppers; dice onions.
Mix all vegetables and cook until tender (15 to 30 minutes). Put through a food mill. (Or raw vegetables can be put through a blender, 3/4 full at a time, and then cooked down.)
Add all remaining ingredients, except vinegar. Simmer uncovered, stirring often, until thick. Add vinegar and cook an additional 15 minutes.
Remove bag of spices; ladle into clean, hot pint jars. Adjust lids and process in a boiling-water bath for 15 minutes.
Yields four or five pints.