{"id":1500,"date":"2012-08-04T01:29:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T01:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2020-07-18T11:53:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T18:53:54","slug":"tomato-juice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/tomato-juice\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato Juice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tomato Drink from Fresh Tomatos<\/h2>\n<p>Some tomatoes are sweeter than others, depending on their ripeness and the variety of tomato. Use the ripest tomatoes you can. Added sugar will balance the natural acidity of the tomatoes, use more or less to taste. Tabasco hot sauce is also to taste, depending on your desired level of spiciness.&nbsp; This is similar to V8 drink.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-details recipe-ingredients\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ingredients<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">3 pounds very ripe garden tomatoes, cored, roughly chopped<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 1\/4 C chopped celery with leaves<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/3 C chopped onion<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 TBL sugar (to taste)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Pinch black pepper<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">A couple shakes of Tabasco sauce, about 6-8 drops (to taste)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"sr-recipe-method\" class=\"entry-details recipe-method instructions\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Method<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Put all ingredients into a large non-reactive pot (use stainless steel, not aluminum).<\/li>\n<li>Bring to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until mixture is completely soupy, about 25 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Run mixture through a food mill (or force through a sieve or chinoise strainer)<\/li>\n<li>Cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>Store covered and chilled.&nbsp; Stir before serving.<br \/>\nIf you pour into emptied water bottles, you can shake before drinking.<\/li>\n<li>Keep for up to 1 week in the refrigerator<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>From Tomato Paste<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 can 6 oz tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>3 cans (18 oz) cold water &#8211; used to rinse can<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp Worcestershire<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp \u00b1 lime juice<\/li>\n<li>scant cayenne<\/li>\n<li>scant celery salt<\/li>\n<li>scant salt<\/li>\n<li>scant olive oil<\/li>\n<li>scant liquid smoke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See my copy-cat recipe for Mr. &amp; Mrs. T &#8211; Rich &amp; Spicy Bloody Mary Mix for a bolder drink<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>From Tomato Sauce<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>16 oz can tomato sauce<\/li>\n<li>16 oz water from rinsed can<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp Worcestershire<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp \u00b1 lime juice<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp \u00b1 cayenne<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp \u00b1 celery salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp \u00b1 salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp liquid smoke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomato Drink from Fresh Tomatos Some tomatoes are sweeter than others, depending on their ripeness and the variety of tomato. Use the ripest tomatoes you can. Added sugar will balance the natural acidity of the tomatoes, use more or less to taste. Tabasco hot sauce is also to taste, depending on your desired level of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/tomato-juice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tomato Juice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,211],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beverages","category-tomato-dish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1500"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19763,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions\/19763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}