raspberry catsup
(from The Housekeeper's Encyclopedia of Useful Information for the Housekeeper, by E. F. Haskell, 1861)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
Ingredients:
1 gallon raspberries
1 qt. vinegar
1/2 tsp. mace
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. mustard seed
1/2 tsp. ginger
1 lb. sugar
citric acid as needed
Instructions:
Boil one gallon of the fruit in one quart of vinegar; strain, and add mace, cinnamon, mustard, and ginger, each half a teaspoon without grinding; boil half an hour slowly; strain, and measure the liquor; to every quart add one pound of sugar; boil until of proper consistency; if not sufficiently acid, add citric acid dissolved in very little vinegar.
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