Cook Books- Spiralbound Cookbook #9

This cookbook was a "souvenir of Chestnut Centennial, July 1972".  It's covered in outdoor checkered tablecloth vinyl, and looks like it's hand bound.  The cookbook was sponsored by the Chestnut Jr. Homemakers, the Wo He Lo Ag Club, the Lucky Homemakers, and the 4-H Clubs.

Here's the cookbook:

It contains an INTRIGUING (in not a bit vague) recipe for GOOSEBERRY CATSUP:

Gooseberry Catsup

Nine pounds gooseberries, five pounds sugar, one quart vinegar, three T. cinnamon, one and half (tsp?) each of allspice and cloves.  The gooseberries should be nearly or quite ripe.  Take off blossoms, wash and put them into a porcelain kettle, mash thoroughly, scald and put throu the colander, add sugar and spices.  Boil fifteen minutes and add the vinegar cold; bottle immediately before it cools. Ripe grapes prepared by the same rule, make an excellant catsup.

Enjoy!