Earlier this year, 8 tomato plants seemed like a good idea. Spring is about optimism. Everything is possible--canning, pickling, returning to nature. Late summer is about coming to terms with reality.
This morning, I went out to pick tomatoes.
This is the first bucket load. Did I mention the 8 tomato plants?????So, first I made "Garden Salsa," which made only a small dent in the tomato harvest. I swear it filled the stock pot, but only made 11 cups. But it's canned.
I still had tomatoes & jalapenos, so flipping through the canning book, I found a recipe for tomato carrot salsa. That sounded interesting. I made 14 cups of that & canned it. I'll keep you posted on whether or not "interesting" translates into "edible." Canning fumes can be dangerous and we have learned not to trust any of my ideas after spending 2 hours in the kitchen.
Still faced with an insane number of tomatoes but no more jalapenos, I decided to swap ethnicities and canned 14 jars of "bruschetta in a jar." Note to future dinner guests: If you don't like bruschetta, do not accept dinner invitations to Chateau Sutton-Goar for the next 2 years.
One entire day and 35 jars later:
we still have tomatoes. Spaghetti anyone?
4 comments:
My tomatoes didn't do very well this year, and I'M GLAD. I went through what you are going through last year, well into OCTOBER. Here is hoping for an early frost. (Can green tomatoes be canned?)
I take it your tomatoes did well, then? ;-)
If you still have an abundance of tomatoes on the vine, try and find a recipe for canned tomato juice! Nothing better than homemade tomato juice, and works great in other recipes in the winter, lol. Congrats on 35 jars of tomatoes put up.
Janet
Bruschetta in a Jar sounds like heaven on earth to me. You guys are set for the winter, for sure :)
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