Submitted by Vicki Pointer
Salsa
Ingredients
- 8 qts. (about 40 or more) tomatoes peeled, cored & chopped
- 3 qts. onions chopped
- 3 qts. green & red bell peppers chopped
- 4 cloves garlic crushed
- 5 hot chili peppers chopped fine
- 3 cups sugar
- 5 Tbsp. salt
- 3 Tbsp. pickling spices
- 2 Tbsp. celery seed
- 2 Tbsp. mustard seed
- 3 cups vinegar
Instructions
- Combine tomatoes, onion, peppers, garlic, salt & sugar in a large canner or heavy pan. Cook slowly for 1 hour. Tie pickling spices, celery seed & mustard seed together in a cheesecloth or gauze bag. Add bag to tomato mix and cook for another 45 minutes to 1 hour, stirring often. Add vinegar & cook slowly until you get the thickness you want. Put in jars & seal them up or freeze.