{"id":1229,"date":"2017-10-02T13:56:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T18:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2017-10-02T13:56:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T18:56:22","slug":"green-tomato-ketchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1229","title":{"rendered":"Green Tomato Ketchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nanny would always make this in the fall. I always looked forward to getting some as part of Christmas presents and sometimes just as a treat. I never came across a recipe in her collection, but I did find a recipe online for it that is pretty bang on. I cut the amount of sugar in the original recipe and will be making it this week again with leftover green tomatoes from our garden.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have green tomatoes, this works equally well with red tomatoes. There&#8217;s really no difference in the taste, just the appearance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30 green tomatoes, chopped (about 6 pounds)<\/li>\n<li>15 medium\u00a0onions, chopped (about 3 pounds)<\/li>\n<li>2\/3 c\u00a0coarse salt<\/li>\n<li>3 c white vinegar<\/li>\n<li>2 c granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>6 Tbsp mixed pickling spices, tied in cheesecloth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl, alternate layers of tomatoes and onions, sprinkling each layer with salt.\u00a0\u00a0Let stand for at least 8 hours, better overnight. Rinse; drain well.<\/p>\n<p>Combine vegetables with vinegar, sugar and spice bag. In a large saucepan or stock pot, bring mixture to a boil, then simmer, uncovered, for about 30 to 45 minutes. Stir frequently until slightly thickened. Pour into hot, sterilized jars and seal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nanny would always make this in the fall. I always looked forward to getting some as part of Christmas presents and sometimes just as a treat. I never came across a recipe in her collection, but I did find a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1229\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pickles-and-preserves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}