Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
If Life Deals You Tomatoes,
Make Tomato Sauce.
This year I grew Black Krim, Brandywine, Sungold, Tigerella, Isis Candy, Black Cherry, Cherokee Purple, Violet Jasper, Super Sweet 100, Green Zebra, and Costaluto Genovese. With all those plants you can imagine how much extra I had. These varieties aren't generally used for canning or sauces but we couldn't let them go to waste.
So I conned a few friends into coming over for a "canning party." Little did they know, I had over 30 lbs of my home grown tomatoes to pick, clean, cut, sauce, cook and can. All while keeping half and eye on a pack of kids. We made 22 jars of tomato sauce. It took 3 of us about 5 hours from start to finish. Hmmm, I wonder if they'll come to my house for a "party" ever again.
