No Other Kind

Cocktail Sauce:

In a large sauce pot simmer the ketchup, paste, sugar and herbs
In a skillet fry the veg. and beef until cooked, drain off the grease and add to the simmering tomatoe sauce
Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, serve on pasta, garnish

Vegetables used can be such items as celery, carrot, onion, mushroom, tomato, sweet pepper, etc.
The sauce can be flavoured with such herbs as basil, thyme, parsely, oregano, marijuana, etc.

Sauté onions until browned with olive oil
Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for about 20 minutes
Use as a dip or baste onto grilled foods such as chicken, beef steaks, pork, hamburgers, hot dogs, etc.

Honey sugar can be used in place of the brown sugar
Other food items can be added such as fresh herbs, other spices, flavourings such as smoked (hickory, misquet, etc.), puréed melons, etc

Serve on pasta of your choice, on grilled meats, as a dip, etc.
This is only an example of ketchup being a base for an all-purpose sauce, the ingredients can vary according to taste or availability

Wash and chopped the tomatoes
In a large, thick bottomed pot, simmer the tomatoes, onion and red pepper until soft
Rub the above tomato mixture through a food mill
Add the sugar
Tie the next 9 ingreds. into a cheese cloth bag to form a spice bag and place it into the tomato mixture
Boil all the above ingreds. quickly, stirring often. Combine to stir until the quantity is reduced by one-half. Remove the spice bag
Add the vinegar and season to taste
Simmer for 10 minutes longer

This condiment originated in Malaya and its name derives from the native word for "taste".
No other food so familiar to North America seems to have so many variations in spelling
The spices can be varied
After the final 10 minute simmering, you can pour at once into sterile jars, leaving 1/8 inch headroom. Seal and process for 15 minutes in a hot-water bath, for half-pints

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