Pumps' Perplexities

I am now at the same age as my grandfather was when he
handed down, or taught me a little, cooking trick......

It seemed that he and others realized that you could not
get ALL the ketchup out of a Heinz bottle.......There was, and
still is, the little bit of ketchup that sticks to the side of the
bottle walls....."Hey, we paid for it, we have to get it out".....

So the little trick......Which I still use this day, along with others
on how to get that little bit of thick "stuff" out of the bottle.....

He used about a tablespoon or so of water......Put the cap back
on the bottle, give it a little shake and, behold, what you paid
for, at the store, is now yours......

A little red wine in a tomato paste can also works wonders
for a lot of recipes......Pumps