In this BryonySeries chapter book, supernatural super sleuth Cornell Dyer is served red food every day by his very strange hosts.

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In that spirit, try this eighteenth century recipe for ketchup, slightly updated for modern use.

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One familiar ingredient is missing. Do you know what it is?

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Put a pint of white wine vinegar into a wide-mouthed bottle.

Peel and bruise ten to twelve shallot cloves and add to bottle.

Boil ½ a cup of white wine.

Add twelve to fourteen washed and shredded anchovies.

Dissolve the anchovies in the wine. Cool and add to bottle.

Place another ½ cup of white wine into the saucepan.

Add a pinch of mace, sliced ginger, a few cloves, and a spoonful of whole pepper, slightly bruised. Boil for several minutes.

Then add almost a whole nutmeg, some lemon peel and two to three spoonful’s of horseradish.

Seal the jar and refrigerate. Shake before using.

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