Pumpkin Ketchup(A Trinidad Special) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. pumpkin
2 onions, sliced
1/2 c. water
2 tsp. mustard
1 c. sugar
1 c. vinegar
2 tsp. salt
2 shakes black pepper
1 shake celery seasoning
few drops red food coloring
enough cornstarch to thick

Preparation

Peel, wash and cut pumpkin in chunks.
In 1/2 cup of water boil pumpkin and onions until soft.
Cool a bit and blend until soft and smooth.
Return to heat; add sugar, celery seasoning and all spices.
Add mustard, salt and food coloring.
Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add vinegar and cook for another 5 minutes.
Add cornstarch to thicken mixture and now pour at once into sterile jars.
Leave one inch headroom for fermentation.