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Another way : — One peck of tomatoes, boiled and strained; return to the fire and add half a dozen onions, chopped fine, two table-spoonfuls of black pepper, two table-spoonfuls of allspice, two table-spoonfuls of cloves, 2 ozs. of celery seed, % lb. of salt — or more, if liked — I lb. of sugar; boil several hours, stirring constantly during the last hour. Put in stone jars, and when cool add a pint of strong vinegar. Catsup, Tomato Soy (an old Southern recipe). — Take a bushel of ripe tomatoes ; cut them in slices and skin ; sprinkle the bottom of a large tub with salt, put in a layer of tomatoes, more salt and tomatoes, until all are in the tub ; cover the top with sliced onions, let stand three days, put into a large kettle, and boil slowly for eight hours ; stir occasion- Catsup, Walnut Chow-chow ally to prevent the tomatoes sticking ; take off the fire and set to cool overnight; press through a coarse wire sieve, add I oz. of ground cloves, two of allspice, two of black pepper, four pods of red pepper, and 2 ozs. of ground mace and cinnamon mixed ; let boil slowly for four hours. Let cool, put into glass or stone jars, and seal. This soy is excellent for seasoning sauces and gravies. Catsup, Walnut. — Take the walnuts while soft enough to beat to a paste, and to every hundred thus prepared add two quarts or a gallon of vinegar and a handful of salt. Let the liquor stand eight days in a stone jar, stirring it frequently. Then strain it into a saucepan, boil it, and skim it well ; add ginger, horseradish, mustard-seed, a few cloves of garlic, and a little black pepper; let it boil up once, pour it into an earthen pan, and when cold bottle it. The white walnut is best, but the black walnut may be used. Another way : — Simmer a gallon of the expressed juice of walnuts when they are tender, and skim it well. Then put in 2 lbs. of anchovies, bones and liquor, the same of shallots, I oz. of cloves, i oz. of mace, i oz. of pepper, and one clove of garlic. Let all simmer till the shallots sink ; then put the liquor into a pan till cold. Bottle, and divide the spice equally to each. Cork closely, and this catsup will keep for years. It is not, however, fit for use the same season that it is made. Another way : — Take two hundred walnuts while still tender, and beat them up very fine in a marble mortar. Add six handfuls of salt, and put into a clean stone jar, and stir them up three times a day for a fortnight. Strain through a cloth, pressing them very dry. Boil up the liquor with mace, cloves, grated nutmeg, onion, and pepper to taste. Bottle, and cork tightly, and shake when used. Chilli Sauce. — Scald, skin, and cut up fifty ripe tomatoes ; chop and add twelve green peppers and nine large white onions with ]/z lb. of brown sugar, four table- spoonfuls of salt, nine level teaspoonfuls each of ground cloves, allspice, and ginger, and half a gallon of vinegar. Boil gently, stirring and crushing all to a paste, for at least an hour — and longer, if it is thin at that time — and then bottle tightly, covering the tops of the bottles with sealing-wax.