Red Tomato Ketchup - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    6 quarts basket ripe tomatoes
    4 onions
    8 celery ribs
    4 apples
    1 red pepper
    1 green pepper
    1 teaspoon salt
    2 tablespoons pickling spices, wrapped in cheesecloth
    2 cups vinegar
    3/4 cup white sugar
    3/4 cup brown sugar
Preparation
    Blanch and peel tomatoes.
    Cut them in large chunks.
    Peel onions and apples.
    In processor pulse onions, celery, apples and peppers; do not pulverize them--leave them in approx 1/2-inch cubes.
    In large saucepan, stir everything together except the sugars.
    Cook medium low heat for 1 hour stirring now and then.
    Add sugars and continue cooking another 2 hours stirring now and then.
    Do not cover while cooking your ketchup!
    Pour into sterilized jars; wipe rim.
    Cover to seal.

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