Bessie Dennison’s Green Tomato Catsup

Ingredients

• 1 peck green tomatoes, ground and drained overnight
• 2 cups ground celery
• 4 sweet peppers (red and green)
• 5 onions
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup salt
• 4 cups brown sugar
• 5 cups cold vinegar
• celery and mustard seed

Steps

1. Grind the green tomatoes and drain overnight.
2. Add ground celery, sweet peppers and onions, then the cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, salt, brown sugar, cold vinegar, and celery and mustard seed.
3. Mix all together (do not cook) and can cold.

Notes

“This is excellent” — Bessie Dennison.

Makes 11 pints (added in a different hand).

Card does not say to grind the peppers/onions or give an amount for the celery & mustard seed.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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