Pickled Vegetable Medley for Winter I

Description
In Romanian: Zacusca pentru iarna I

Ingredients

 * 10 young eggplants,
 * 15 peppers,
 * 15 bell peppers,
 * 8 lbs/4 kg tomatoes,
 * 2 lbs/1 kg onions,
 * 1 pint/500 ml oil,
 * salt

Directions

 * 1) Roast the eggplants, peppers, bell peppers, peel and drain.
 * 2) Remove the core and all seeds from the peppers and then julienne them.
 * 3) Chop the eggplants.
 * 4) Saute the chopped onions in the oil until softened.
 * 5) Add the chopped eggplants, julienned peppers and bell peppers, as well as the juice from 8 lbs/4 kg boiled and strained tomatoes.
 * 6) Salt. Let fry, stirring continuously, until all the liquid is reduced.
 * 7) Fill the jars 3/4 full, tie with a double layer of cellophane and boil in the double boiler for 25 minutes timed from when the water first starts to bubble.
 * 8) Let the jars cool off in the water where they boiled, then keep in a cool and dry place.