[CH] Mucadines and Ketchup
saundrah@mindspring.com
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:09:01 -0500
In answer to two emails, one about what are muscadines and both about the
ketchup recipe. First muscadines, I consider them to be a wild type grape.
They grow wild here in Alabama. They are usually found growing in trees in
the woods and they are dark purple. Anyone that knows more, jump in here.
Now about the ketchup recipe, if you'd call it one. As I stated earlier,
this is my first shot at making ketchup. I looked for a recipe that was for
a hot ketchup and found none. So I took 4 or 5 regular recipes and took
ingredients from them until it looked like what I might want. I know your
supposed to write these things down, so that when you happen on the perfect
mixture, then you can repeat it. But I didn't, and anyways it ain't perfect
yet. But from memory (I'm in trouble now) here's what I did, or maybe close
to it. I cut up and cored 3/4 dishpan of tomatoes, to this I added two big
chopped onions, two quart bags of previously smoked various hot peppers,
mostly habaneros (remove bags), a quart bag of various sweet peppers, and 4
cloves of garlic. I cooked all this until the tomatoes and onions were done.
Then I put it through a food mill, to remove the tomato and pepper skins and
seeds. I returned it to the stove and added about 1 cup vinegar, 1/2 cup
sugar, some salt, black pepper, paprika, a couple tablespoons dry mustard,
and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. I saw the cinnamon in most of the recipes and
decided "what the hell" and threw it in. I can't say that I'd add it the
next time though. After this cooked slowly for an eternity, I gave up and
added some tomato paste to thicken it up. Then I put it in jars and
processed it, saving part of a jar to try out. It's pretty decent for a
first try, but I'm still looking for a tried and true hot ketchup recipe. I
guess Stonewall Chilepepper Company's Mesquite Smoked Jalapeno Ketchup
spoiled me. Saundra
yes, yes tell us how... sounds soooo good.. yum
recipes please Chet
What are muscadines?? I've always wanted to make ketchup (good for
french fries but also as an ingredient in Chinese sauces). Would you
share you recipe??? Constance Allen