Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      cup           white vinegar
   1      cup           sugar
   1 1/2  tablespoons   ketchup
   1      slice         fresh ginger -- bruised
     1/4  teaspoon      salt
   3      drops         Tabasco sauce

Preparation:

Every Chinese cook has his own version of this. This one is intended for quick cooking in an American kitchen. In a saucepan, combine the vinegar, sugar, ketchup, ginger, salt and Tabasco sauce; bring to a boil. Continue cooking over high heat and reduce to the consistency of a light syrup that lightly coats a spoon. Makes 1 1/2 Cups