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hipy Jun 11, 2009 10:28 AM

Trudy's red sauce recipe...

Has anyone successfully duplicated this? I am obsessed with trying to duplicate it and can't come close....

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    beercoop Jun 11, 2009 02:44 PM

    A few years back, the Statesman printed both the red and green sauce recipe's . I cut them out, but could not find them the last time I looked in my file.

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      hipy Jun 12, 2009 07:33 AM

      Be still my heart......I'll search their archives. If you do find it I'd be eternally grateful!!!! :)

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        clepard Jul 22, 2009 12:16 PM

        Hipy - did you find it?

        I found it two places; on the statesman, it is in the archives for $5. Otherwise, you can try this one:
        http://www.jaybones.com/recipes/tomat...

        Here is the statesman info:
        Trudy's salsa fans see red - and green
        Author: Diane Howard AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN
        Date: July 7, 1993 Publication: Austin American-Statesman Page Number: C1 ${ Word Count: 485

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          hipy Jul 25, 2009 01:42 PM

          HECK YEAHHHHHH thanks so much clepard!! Here I bought it and will share for all!

          Red Table Sauce

          1 1/2 pounds sauce tomatoes (very soft fresh tomatoes)

          2 large fresh jalapenos

          1 1/2 cups canned tomatoes

          Dash granulated garlic

          Dash pepper

          Salt to taste

          1/2 cup chopped, peeled firm tomatoes

          2 teaspoons chopped cilantro

          1 tablespoon chopped green onion

          2 tablespoons chopped yellow onion

          Bring a large pot of water to boil. Place sauce tomatoes in water and boil until the skins just begin to break. Remove tomatoes from water, draining before peeling away skin. Set aside. Remove stems from jalapenos before adding jalapenos to boiling water. Boil for 20 minutes. Remove jalapenos from water and drain. Set aside.

          Place peeled tomatoes in a large bowl. Add canned tomatoes, garlic, pepper, salt. Gently blend together. Quickly cool the sauce in an ice bath or freezer. Chop jalapenos and add with other chopped vegetables just before serving (this maintains their fresh crispness). Makes 1 quart.

          Green Table Sauce

          1 1/2 pounds tomatillos, shucked

          Scant 1/2 pound sauce tomatoes

          2 large fresh jalapenos

          Dash pepper

          Dash granulated garlic

          Salt to taste

          1 teaspoon diced green onion

          2 teaspoons chopped cilantro

          2 tablespoons diced yellow onion

          Place the shucked tomatillos and sauce tomatoes in a large pot of boiling water. Boil several minutes or until you can easily indent the surface of the tomatillos with your finger and tomato skins begin to break. Remove tomatillos and tomatoes from water and set aside. Remove stems from jalapenos and place jalapenos in boiling water. Simmer for 20 minutes. Strain off water before placing tomatillos and tomatoes in large bowl. (Removing tomato skins is not necessary.) Add pepper, garlic and salt and blend well. Quickly cool the sauce in an ice bath or freezer. Just before serving add diced jalapeno, green onion, cilantro and yellow onion. Makes

          approximately 2 cups.

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            jbrogers Dec 6, 2009 02:01 AM

            I am the jaybones.com guy and use to work at Trudy's. They switched from boiling to roasting years ago. The Statesman recipe is quite old.

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