SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup chopped green pepper 1/4 cup chopped pimento 1/2 clove garlic, mashed 1 cup cider vinegar 1/4 cup water 4 Tbsp. soy sauce 20 drops Tabasco sauce 4 Tbsp. cornstarch 1/2 cup cold water Use 1-quart glass or enamel saucepan. Combine pineapple, sugar, green pepper, pimento, garlic, vinegar, 1/4 cup water, soy sauce and Tabasco sauce. Mix and heat slowly 5 minutes. Remove garlic. Stir cornstarch into 1/2 cup cold water until smooth. Stir into hot mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and clear, about 5 minutes boiling. "Serve with deep-fat fried shrimp. In Chinese restaurants a spicy, hot mustard sauce, or a bland fruit sauce, such as stewed, sieved plums, is served with the sweet-and-sour sauces. Fried shrimp held by the tail are dipped first into one and then the other and eaten with the fingers." Source: Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Cookbook by Amy Vanderbilt
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