Recipes

[walker]

When I was growing up (50/60's), my mother made the best Chili Sauce that she would serve as a side with beef dinners.  It was so good!  She would spend a whole day preparing, cooking and canning it.  Of all the recipes of hers that I have, I do not have this one.

This is not Chili (with beef) but a Chili SAUCE.  Just wondering if anyone has an "old" recipe.  I can also do a search for it.

[Kachina624]

@walker.  I know exactly what you're talking about.  My family, as I was growing up, ate that stuff by the quart.  Mom made it using the recipe in the red and white BH&G cookbook.  It was delicious.

I made it once when dh "surprised" me with crates of tomatoes he bought somewhere.

Let me know if you don't have access to that cookbook and I'll see if I can find it.

[walker]

@Kachina624 ....thank you for response!  I bet that is where my mother found the recipe...BH&G Cookbook.  She talked about that being her first cookbook where she learned how to cook.  If you find a recipe, I would love to have it.  In meantime, I will research BH&G cookbooks if I can.  It was good!  Glad you knew it as well.  Delicious memories! 

[RedTop]

I used to make/can chili sauce from end of the garden tomatoes and peppers.  I heated the tomatoes and ran them thru a sieve to remove skins and seeds.  Cooked this about 2 hours with chopped onions, green peppers, sugar, salt, vinegar, cinnamon and cloves, until reduced and a bit thicker.  Poured into clean hot jars and water bathed 5-10 minutes.   

[Kachina624]

@walker.  Now I'm embarrassed.   I went to my bookcase of cookbooks and they're all there except the BH&G.  Can't imagine where it is.  I haven't looked for it for years.

 @RedTop.  Do you have an actual recipe?  Your ingredients sound like it.

I looked online and found Chile recipes.

[RedTop]

@Kachina624 

Mom and I used a recipe from a canning book when we made the chili sauce.  I just remember those ingredients from making it so often; we adjusted the amount of ingredients based on the amount of tomato purée we started with.  

[Kachina624]

@walker.  I found these ingredients by googling "caning chili sauce" under a Ball Jar website.  It's called Grandma's  Chili Sauce.  It sound about right.

[walker]

@Kachina624 @RedTop ......thank you both for your help with finding a recipe.  Those ingredients sound about right.  If I try it this Fall, I'll let you know. It sure was good.  

[Kachina624]

I'm surprised more people don't make this concoction as it's one of the yummiest condiments you can serve with beef dishes.

Grind some roast beef in a Vitamix, add mayo to taste and stir in some chili sauce for the best sandwich spread you ever ate.

It also makes a wonderful gift for friends and neighbors.

[AuntG]

Interesting post. My mom never made chili sauce, but she canned a lot of tomatoes for chili. We had tons of horseradish in our garden. I was just cleaning my basement and found the grinder we used when we made horseradish. It made my eyes water as I put it through the grinder!