All summer I've been regularly checking the .79/lb "bargain produce," bin for a whole bunch of tomatoes on their last legs. I finally got lucky, and purchased about 5 lbs of very ripe organic tomatoes for about $4. Right on.
The tomatoes, a whole white onion, some garlic, a healthy dose of vinegar, various spices, and a bit of sugar got the Vita-mix (serious blender) treatment, and reduced via boil to about 1/2 the original volume.
The result was a quite a bit of delicious ketchup. It definitely does not taste like store bought ketchup (which I now realize has a fairly supernatural consistency to it), but that is why we call it gangster farm ketchup. I've read that homemade ketchup should keep for up to 6 months in the fridge (thanks to the natural preserving qualities of vinegar)!
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