Re: Ketchup (Carol and Marilyn)

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Ketchup is a condiment, usually made with ripened tomatoes. The basic ingredients in modern ketchup are tomatoes, vinegar, SUGAR, salt, allspice, cloves, and cinnamon. Onions, celery, and other vegetables are frequent additions.I have never tried making my own ketchup and this question may sound silly, but is bottled campbells tomato juice legal - the store did not have it in the can except for the low-sodium one which has other additives? Also do you follow the recipe for ketchup in the btvc book and how long does it usually simmer? Thanks.  Carol F.Celiac, SCD 8 years,MCS, Latex Allergyhttp://www.celiac.com/authors/143/Carol-Frileghhttp://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/gfcf-diet/sc-diet.htm

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Hi, Tina,

I have used the bottled camb. tom. juice and I cook it in my crock

pot. I put it in the evening, put the lit ajar and let it cook all

night and most of the next day. When it is the thickness I like I add

other ingredients and put in pint jars and fridge.

Be blessed

Sandy

> >I have never tried making my own ketchup and

> >this question may sound silly, but is bottled

> >campbells tomato juice legal - the store did not

> >have it in the can except for the low-sodium one

> >which has other additives? Also do you follow

> >the recipe for ketchup in the btvc book and how

> >long does it usually simmer? Thanks.

>

> Tina,

>

> I made ketchup when I was first on the diet in

> order to determine how to do it -- and I made it

> from fresh tomatoes, because the only

> ketchup-eater in my immediate family is my

> mother, and she's on a salt-free diet, so ketchup

> made with salted tomato juice would be anathema for her.

>

> The bottle 's should be OK.

>

> How long it simmers can depend on how humid it is

> that day. <g> If it's dry, the moisture roils

> away quickly. If it's damp, you could be there for awhile.

>

>

> — Marilyn

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