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Chili Sauce

A historical recipe from The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917).

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A historical recipe

The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917). Project Gutenberg eBook #51542.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #51542 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51542). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. Two quarts of ripe tomatoes
  2. four cupfuls vinegar
  3. three tablespoonfuls brown sugar
  4. two teaspoonfuls each of cloves
  5. four large onions

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Tomato High in protein · Source of vitamin C

    High in protein · 1.2 g per 100 g, 21% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Source of vitamin C · 23 mg per 100 g, 29% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Tomatoes, green, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Method

  1. Two quarts of ripe tomatoes, four large onions, four chili peppers;
  2. chop fine, then add four cupfuls vinegar, three tablespoonfuls brown sugar, two of salt, two teaspoonfuls each of cloves, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg;
  3. boil all thoroughly together and bottle after straining through a colander.

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