Anyway, a couple of years ago, I had piles of extra tomatoes; so I decided to make a batch of ketchup. Having never done this, I thought "I'm going to end up with a HUGE batch of ketchup...this'll be great!"
By the time I was done cooking all of the moisture out of it to get to the right consistency...which included 30 minutes of nearly constant stirring to avoid scorching it to the pan; I ended up with 2 half pint jars..LOL!
Oh, it was good! But when I see the ketchup on sale for $.79 at the store....let's just say I use my excess tomatoes for juice or seasoned diced tomatoes.
I am still laughing, with you...been there and done that.
Ketchup is not high on my list of items to make again.
If I did, it would be in the crockpot, with the lid off or at least ajar, so the moisture would get out........LOL, that is a thought, not a tried item.
When the kids were growing up, I did not serve ketsup, as they wanted it on everything........LOL, yes, there are some things that it is required for.
About a month ago, I discovered that I was putting ranch dressing on “everything”.........it works wonders in changing or hiding the taste of things....it gave my son a laugh, as he never forgave me for depriving him of ketchup.
He did tell me that he likes good food......the kind that does not need ketchup.
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I know that at least one other is looking to canning this year and interested in canning recipes and am sure there are several others, who are doing so, now that I think of it, there are several that talked of canning.