PLAN No. 441. PURE COUNTRY TOMATO SAUCE

To make a small quantity of real country tomato sauce, to be used as a sample, a farmer’s wife in a section of country noted for its highly flavored fruits and vegetables, used the following ingredients:

Four pounds of ripe tomatoes; 2 pounds of peeled onions; 5 ounces light brown sugar; 4 ounces of salt; 2¹⁄₂ pints cider vinegar; 1 teaspoonful black ground pepper; and 3 teaspoonfuls red pepper.

She ground the tomatoes through a grinder, and then added the onions by running them through the grinder also. She then added the other articles, and boiled in a porcelain kettle for about two hours, stirring it quite often to prevent it from sticking to the bottom. She then put it up in 6-ounce bottles, that would sell for 20 cents each, and submitted samples of her product to a wholesale grocery house. The president of the company was so impressed with its excellence that he offered to incorporate a company and erect a manufactory for the purpose of producing the sauce in quantities, under the direct personal supervision of this woman. She accepted the offer, was elected treasurer of the company, and is to-day drawing a salary of $4,000 a year, besides receiving dividends that amount to as much more.