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To Can Tomatoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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To Can Tomatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the tomatoes and remove any green or imperfect spots.

  2. Cut the tomatoes into pieces and cook them with a little salt until soft.

  3. Strain the cooked tomatoes through a colander.

  4. Return the strained tomatoes to the pot and bring to a boil.

  5. Pour the hot tomatoes into hot stone jugs (1 or 2-gallon size).

  6. Seal the jugs with corks and pour hot canning cement over the corks.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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