JOANS CHILI SAUCE

THIS RECIPE IS SOMETHING THAT GRANDMA JOAN USED TO MAKE ALL THE TIME AND WE ALL LOVED IT. SO WITH A LOT OF EXTRA TOMATOES ON HAND I DECIDED IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE HAD HAD ANY AND THAT IT SOUNDED REALLY GOOD.

BY THE WAY, DON'T START THIS AT 5:30 AT NIGHT LIKE I DID IF YOU WANT TO GET TO BED AT A DECENT HOUR.

4 QUARTS TOMATOES, SCALDED, PEELED AND CUT UP

1/2 CUP GREEN PEPPER CHOPPED VERY FINE IN FOOD PROCESSOR

1/2 CUP RED PEPPER CHOPPED VERY FINE IN FOOD PROCESSOR

3 CUP ONION CHOPPED VERY FINE IN FOOD PROCESSOR

4 CUP SUGAR

1/4 CUP OR LESS OF SALT

PUT THE FOLLOWING IN SEVERAL LAYERS OF CHEESE CLOTH AND SIMMER IN TOMATOES

3 TSP CINNAMON

3 TSP GROUND CLOVES

3 TSP NUTMEG

2 TSP GINGER

SIMMER DOWN TILL THICKENED ABOUT 3 HOURS

ADD 3 CUPS VINEGAR

SIMMER DOWN ANOTHER 15 MINUTES.

TASTE AND CHECK THICKENESS, YOU MAY WANT TO SIMMER DOWN A LITTLE LONGER.

PROCESS IN WATER BATH 30 MINUTES.

MAKES APPROX 6 PINTS