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Ingredients
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1-1/2 tsp. whole cloves
- 1 tsp. celery seed
- 8 lb. tomatoes
- 1 md. onion, chopped
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne
- 1 cup sugar
Method
- Break cinnamon sticks into small pieces.
- In a heavy-duty saucepan, combine cinnamon, vinegar, cloves and celery seed.
- Cover and bring to a boil.
- Remove from heat; let stand.
- Wash and core tomatoes; quarter into large kettle.
- Add onion and cayenne.
- Bring to boil; cook 15 minutes, stirring often.
- Put tomatoes through food mill or coarse sieve.
- Add sugar to tomatoes.
- Simmer briskly till mixture is reduced to half (measure depth with wooden ruler at beginning and end), 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
- Strain vinegar mixture into tomato mixture; discard spices.
- Stir in 4 ts.
- salt.
- Simmer till of desired consistency, about 30 minutes; stir often.
- Fill hot pint jars with hot tomato mixture to with 1/2 inch of top; wipe jar rims and adjust lids.
- Process in boiling water bath 5 minutes (start counting time when water covering jars returns to boiling).
