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Force through food chopper 3 green bell peppers 1 red bell pepper and 4 large onions. Put in saucepan with 12 large tomatoes or 1 quart canned tomato 1 quart vinegar 1 cup sugar ¼ teaspoon oil of clove ¼ teaspoon oil of cinnamon 3 tablespoons salt ¾ teaspoon allspice ¾ teaspoon mustard ¾ teaspoon soda and 1 tablespoon table sauce. Cook until soft and rub through purée sieve, getting through as much as possible of the vegetables. Cook again until thick and of the desired consistency.

Sift together 2 cups bread flour 5 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt. With tips of fingers rub in 2 tablespoons shortening. Twenty minutes before the meal is to be served add ⅞ cup milk, mixing with a knife. Roll out ¾ inch thick and cut with round cutter 1 inch in diameter. Place close together on a greased tin sheet. Break 16 lumps demi-tasse loaf sugar in halves and squeeze the