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From New York Times Cookbook 1980 (1980).

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A historical recipe

New York Times Cookbook 1980, by Jean Hewitt (1980).

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

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

  • Home canning. Old canning methods can let botulism through. Use current tested canning guidance.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 2 cups cider vinegar

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon dry mustard 2 dried hot red peppers, crushed 2 cups cider vinegar.
  2. 1.
  3. Scald, peel, core and chop the tomatoes.
  4. Chop the peppers, celery and onions.
  5. Add with the garlic to the tomatoes, bring to a boil and simmer for forty-five minutes.
  6. 2.
  7. Tie the allspice, mustard seeds and doves in a muslin bag.
  8. Add with the sugar, salt, black pepper, mustard and hot peppers.
  9. Boil, uncov ered, until thick.
  10. 3.
  11. Add the vinegar and boil the sauce to cor rect the consistency.
  12. Discard the spice bag.
  13. Pour the sauce into hot sterilized jars and seal.
  14. Cool and store in a cool, dark, dry place.
  15. Yield: Eight pints.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
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Credit

From New York Times Cookbook 1980 (1980), printed page 300, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/nyt-cookbook-1980-read-2a-opt

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.