2 lb cucumbers or 2 24oz.dill pic
3 lb cawliflower
2 lb green beans or 4 15oz. tins
2 lb red peppers
5 8oz. tins tuna fish
5 16oz. jars stuffed olives
3/4 cup olive oil
2 lb pickling onions or 3 16oz. j
3 lb mushrooms or 5 10oz.tins mus
2 lb green peppers
5 16oz. tins ripe olives
5 11oz. bottles of ketchup
2 13oz. large tins anchovies
3/4 cup vinegar
Directions
Boil cawliflower 3 minutes. Drain and set aside. Peel pickling
onions, cut cucumbers in slices and boil green beans until tender.
Set all these vegetables aside. In large canning kettle, fry sliced
mushrooms in the oil, add ketchup, cut green beans and red peppers.
Simmer 10-15 minutes. Add all the vegetables, olives and remaining
ingredients (separate anchovies and break up tuna), simmer for
another 12 minutes.
Servings: 1 servings
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