Csw's Chili Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 7 1/2 lbs chopped ripe tomatoes (about 30 medium)
• 2 1/2 cups chopped & peeled cooking onions (6 medium)
• 2 1/2 cups chopped bell peppers (4 green & 2 red)
• 3 cups celery, sliced
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons pickling salt
• 4 cups cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon whole cloves
• 3 tablespoons whole allspice

Recipe

• 1 blanch & peel:.
• 2 7 & 1/2 pounds ripe tomatoes(about 30 medium).
• 3 chop or put though food chopper, & then measure:(i chop mine).
• 4 2 & 1/2 cups peeled onions(6 medium).
• 5 2 & 1/2 cups seeded red & green peppers(4 green & 2 red).
• 6 finely dice & measure:.
• 7 3 cups celery.
• 8 put these in a large preserving kettle (enamel preferred).
• 9 add:.
• 10 1 &1/2 cups sugar.
• 11 2 tablespoon pickling salt.
• 12 4 cups cider vinegar.
• 13 tie in a cheesecloth:.
• 14 1 tablespoon whole cloves.
• 15 3 tablespoons whole allspice.
• 16 add "spicebag" to ingredients; bring to a boil & cook uncovered over moderate heat for 2 to 2 & 1/2 hours, stirring frequently.
• 17 this mixture should get fairly thick as it cooks down.
• 18 remove the spice bag; ladle into sterilized sealers and seal immediately.
• 19 (i have never done the boiling water bath with this recipe & have never had any problems with the sauce spoiling. my recipe was made up 48 years ago before anyone did the "bath" method -- lolol).
• 20 ****************************.
• 21 yield: 5 pints.