SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

I have quite a few "ham balls" left over and I wanted to make some
sort of sauce to go with them.  This is my first time making sweet and
sour sauce:

• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup white vinegar
• 2/3 cup water

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Place the sugar, vinegar, water, soy sauce, ketchup and cornstarch in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil. Stir continuously until the mixture has thickened.

I substituted orange juice for the water and used half brown sugar and half

white sugar and tripled the ketchup.  When I first tasted it, it did not seem sweet enough
so I added some brown sugar
and I added a bit more orange juice.