Tomatoes....

shaslove · 09-18-2011, 10:48 PM

If I cut another one, I'm going to turn into one!! I'm tomatoed out!! And I still have prob 20lbs in the fridge!!!

luvinmama · 09-19-2011, 01:27 AM

I love canning tomatoes! I totally miss not being able to do that here in China....enjoy it for me.

Housekat · 09-19-2011, 02:10 AM

We harvested a grand total of TWO small tomatoes from our plants this year. So I am slilghtly green with envy here

abbiroads · 09-19-2011, 05:38 AM

I chopped them in the food processor. I need more because I ran out of fermented salsa and I don't know if I can ferement the ones I froze.

shaslove · 09-19-2011, 07:03 AM

I bought some, (20 lbs) but I have gotten maybe 50 lbs from my garden.

it's just a lot of work!!!

WanderingJuniper · 09-19-2011, 07:09 AM

I hear ya! I am thankfully on my last batch of salsa this week. It's alot of work but there is something about it that draws my kids to the kitchen to want to help and I just

that.

Do you need resources or just lamenting the overabundance of tomatoes at the moment?

swimming with sharks · 09-19-2011, 07:12 AM

I've got a box I need to do today!

and a box of peaches!

Macky · 09-19-2011, 07:42 AM

I'm about ready to huck my new pressure canner out the window.

I've been canning tomatoes for a years now and I've never had a problem with the boiling water bath. I got the PC as a birthday gift because I wanted to can some low-acid stuff, but I thought I'd try it out with some familiar things, too, like tomatoes. Nearly every jar has something wrong with it. Either it's siphoning or the tomatoes are disintigrating or it just plain doesn't seal at all. In a decade of canning for me now, I've only ever had two jars not seal... until this blasted pressure canner came along. I don't get it and I'm not sacrificing any more lovely toms to the thing.

We've got boxes and boxes full still to ripen.

I have no idea how many pounds are there.

RiverRock · 09-19-2011, 07:47 AM

If you are tired of canning them, you can make a delicious roasted tomato sauce for the freezer. This is what I do with garden tomatoes when they start coming in fast.

In a 9x13 pan (two fit in my oven at a time) put tomatoes, garlic cloves, and onion quarters that have been separated a bit. Drizzle it all with EVOO and some salt and pepper. Add in some herbs if you have them and want to get fancy. Roast until caramalized and soft. Whir in the food processer and then freeze in portions. Easy and delicious!

09-18-2011, 10:48 PM	#1
shaslove Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Rainy Oregon Posts: 8,997	Tomatoes.... If I cut another one, I'm going to turn into one!! I'm tomatoed out!! And I still have prob 20lbs in the fridge!!! __________________ Shannon, INFJ (Weekday SAHM/Weekend Barista) Wielder of fine coffee and compassionate comments. Wife to my DH, graduate teaching student Francisco (ISFP), since 7/7/07 Mom by adoption to Lina, my 11-yr-old w/sensory issues and, after 4 years, 2 months, and 20 days of infertility, birth mom to 2-yr-old Baby Bird We are a DF, GF, dye-free Jesus loving family! PM me for help or encouragement with infertility issues.

09-19-2011, 01:27 AM	#2
luvinmama Rose Garden Taking one day at a time... Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Far from home... Posts: 4,129	Re: Tomatoes.... I love canning tomatoes! I totally miss not being able to do that here in China....enjoy it for me. __________________ My girls dd '08, and dd '12 Married to my best friend '03 Love to and to DH In case you're wondering...I'm an ENFJ

09-19-2011, 02:10 AM	#3
Housekat Rose Garden Even if you can't see them or hear them at all, a person's a person, no matter how small! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wakefield, UK Posts: 4,895	Re: Tomatoes.... We harvested a grand total of TWO small tomatoes from our plants this year. So I am slilghtly green with envy here __________________ Mama to Theo (11) and Libby (9) Find me on Facebook

09-19-2011, 05:38 AM	#4
abbiroads Rose Garden Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,379	Re: Tomatoes.... I chopped them in the food processor. I need more because I ran out of fermented salsa and I don't know if I can ferement the ones I froze. __________________ Abbi dh: Jeff ds1: Joey 12/03 ds2: Eli 4/06 ds3: Judah 4/08

09-19-2011, 07:03 AM	#5
shaslove Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Rainy Oregon Posts: 8,997	Re: Tomatoes.... I bought some, (20 lbs) but I have gotten maybe 50 lbs from my garden. it's just a lot of work!!! __________________ Shannon, INFJ (Weekday SAHM/Weekend Barista) Wielder of fine coffee and compassionate comments. Wife to my DH, graduate teaching student Francisco (ISFP), since 7/7/07 Mom by adoption to Lina, my 11-yr-old w/sensory issues and, after 4 years, 2 months, and 20 days of infertility, birth mom to 2-yr-old Baby Bird We are a DF, GF, dye-free Jesus loving family! PM me for help or encouragement with infertility issues.

09-19-2011, 07:09 AM	#6
WanderingJuniper Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10,819	Re: Tomatoes.... I hear ya! I am thankfully on my last batch of salsa this week. It's alot of work but there is something about it that draws my kids to the kitchen to want to help and I just that. Do you need resources or just lamenting the overabundance of tomatoes at the moment?

09-19-2011, 07:12 AM	#7
swimming with sharks Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 15,480	Re: Tomatoes.... I've got a box I need to do today! and a box of peaches! __________________ Swimming with Sharks Loving my DH for 19 years 'Pete' 8.5 yo dd 'Dragonfly' 6 yo ds the new kid is 3.5 yo ds always remembering the one I didn't get to hold Mary has been healed by the blood of the lamb

09-19-2011, 07:42 AM	#8
Macky Deactivated Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rural Saskatchewan Posts: 4,449	Re: Tomatoes.... I'm about ready to huck my new pressure canner out the window. I've been canning tomatoes for a years now and I've never had a problem with the boiling water bath. I got the PC as a birthday gift because I wanted to can some low-acid stuff, but I thought I'd try it out with some familiar things, too, like tomatoes. Nearly every jar has something wrong with it. Either it's siphoning or the tomatoes are disintigrating or it just plain doesn't seal at all. In a decade of canning for me now, I've only ever had two jars not seal... until this blasted pressure canner came along. I don't get it and I'm not sacrificing any more lovely toms to the thing. We've got boxes and boxes full still to ripen. I have no idea how many pounds are there.

09-19-2011, 07:47 AM	#9
RiverRock Moderator Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In green pastures Posts: 9,767	Re: Tomatoes.... If you are tired of canning them, you can make a delicious roasted tomato sauce for the freezer. This is what I do with garden tomatoes when they start coming in fast. In a 9x13 pan (two fit in my oven at a time) put tomatoes, garlic cloves, and onion quarters that have been separated a bit. Drizzle it all with EVOO and some salt and pepper. Add in some herbs if you have them and want to get fancy. Roast until caramalized and soft. Whir in the food processer and then freeze in portions. Easy and delicious! __________________ RiverRock, mom to a 24 year old diamond, 22 year old granite, 19 year old pearl, and 16 year old tiger eye. Married for 25 years to a rugged boulder and resting together on the one true Rock.

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