Old Fashioned Homemade Mincemeat To Can - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 peck green tomatoes, ground
2 qt. water
1/2 tsp. salt
3 lb. ground beef (lean)
2 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. allspice
2 tsp. cinnamon
4 lb. sugar
1 c. vinegar
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 1/2 lb. loose sausage
2 lb. raisins
1 gal. sliced, chopped apples
2 tsp. nutmeg

Preparation

Drain tomatoes in sieve to remove juice after grinding.
Boil brown sugar, water, vinegar, salt and pepper, stirring often for 2 hours, then add beef, sausage, cloves, raisins, allspice, apples, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Boil all ingredients 1/2 hour.
Put in quart jars and seal with 2 piece lids.
Put in cooker and bring to full boil.
Remove from canner.
When open for use in pies, add 1 1/2 cups water, 1/2 cup sugar and more cinnamon.
Each quart will make 2 pies.