Tomato Travels – Part 5

By Kira Hamman

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

What were they doing with tomatoes during the civil war?

Check out this recipe from the 1861 edition of The Housekeeper’s Encyclopedia:

TOMATO CATSUP

• 1 gallon tomatoes
• 3 tbs. salt
• 3 tbs. ground black pepper
• 3 tbs. dry mustard
• 1 tsp. ground allspice
• 4 peppers, sweet, not hot
• 1 onion (optional)
• 1 quart horseradish juice (roots grated and liquid pressed out)

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