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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Oct 20 2009 : 5:55:30 PM
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We had oodles and oodles of tomatoes and you can only give so many of those away, so, what to do?? A friend told me to make stewed tomatoes. Our wood stove is up and running and I'm too cheap to use the electric stove for as long as it takes and the 'maters are a'simmering!!
So, I boiled some water and dropped some maters in there, not believing my friend that the skins would just pop off. Welp, they do!! Stuck them in cold water and then 'squeezed' them out into a bowl. I don't have a blender, otherwise I'd have made mater sauce. So I used my mixer and put a towel across the top!! Worked a charm!
Seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, onions and a midge of italian seasoning.
Poured into the big vat, put a trivet on the wood stove, set the vat on and we're in business.
I'll let you know how it goes!! :-)
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
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Autumn Leaves
True Blue Farmgirl
463 Posts
Jennifer
Northern
California
USA
463 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 6:51:32 PM
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Hey girls great minds think alike. Just got a new cast iron pan for woodstove cooking. Can't wait for that first pot of something yummy!
Warm Wishes
Jennifer
Never let yesterday use up too much of today - Will Rogers
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Quintessential Kate
True Blue Farmgirl
175 Posts
Kate
Tyler
TX
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2009 : 07:17:36 AM
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I put up 75 pounds of Roma tomatoes several years ago. I just dropped them is boiling water for a few minutes........then put into an ice bath, rolled the skin off and stuffed them whole into wide mouth quart jars. Some I made plain, some I added garlic cloves and basil leaves. After I finished stuffing jars, I put on seals and rings and put them in a rolling water bath for about 1/2 hour. Put them on cooling racks.........every one of them sealed. They were all delicious. Oh yeah, I put a pinch of kosher salt in some of them....each was marked with what I had done. As I said......they were all delicious. At Christmas time I gave away baskets with tomatoes and long spaghetti that I found at a deli/shop and some sourdough starter with a recipe for a loaf of Italian bread. Great gift!!
Blessings,
Kate
Farmgirl Sister #234
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
1599 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2009 : 9:11:30 PM
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That sounds great! I did spring for a blender and now have tomato sauce simmering on the wood stove. I leave it from between 24-48 hrs and then cool it in the fridge, then pour into my contatiners and on into the freezer.
I made spaghetti tonite with some sauce that finished today but hubby said it needed more spices. Okay, gotta think a little bigger!
Still have a lot of 'maters to go!
Kate, you're method sounds a lot easier and I've been leery of actual canning. I keep reading about botulism poisoning. That is scary stuff. That's why I went with freezing. How do you know if they've sealed??
To read funny stories about my cooking 'skills', please visit http://lostadventuresincooking.blogspot.com/
For uber-opinionated, pleasurable horse related reading, please visit http://horseinfoperson.blogspot.com/
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2009 : 12:29:38 AM
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Canning tomatoes is an easy one..you are nearly there with what you have been doing! I have had a bumper crop of tomatoes this year and have done alot of salsa, and plain tomatoes and sauces to can up. Plain tomatoes ( I use them in cooking all winter) are real easy. I don't even peel mine! I wash and cut the tomatoes in quarters into a large stockpot and heat them in their own juice to a boil, fill hot jars to leave 1" headspace, add 2 tsp lemon juice (to quarts, or 1 tsp in pints) per jar and 1/2 to 1 tsp salt per jar. The salt is optional the lemon juice isn't! and then seal with hot lids and process in a boiling water bath for 30 min.(any large pot that will let water boil 1" at least over thet of jars.) You can sit the jars on a folded towel in the pot so they don't rest on the bottom. Tomatoes are high acid and very safe to can...always make sure to add the lemon juice to make sure they are plenty acidic though. Freezing is a good option too. I never have enough room in my freezer and love to can things..so I don't freeze tomatoes ever..but hey..whatever works. Have fun!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Edited by - Aunt Jenny on Oct 26 2009 12:31:45 AM |
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Quintessential Kate
True Blue Farmgirl
175 Posts
Kate
Tyler
TX
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2009 : 05:00:01 AM
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You know the jars have sealed because the lid "sucks down".....and you can't move it when you push on it with a finger. The seal takes place durning the cooling process that Aunt Jenny described. In fact....you sill hear the lids sealing. Sounds kinda like a pop. The ones that don't seal.....just refrigerate and use within a couple of days....or freeze them....or give them one more "hot bath" for another 1/2 hour. Like Aunt Jenny said....tomatoes are so high in acid that they are one of the safer foods to can.
Ciao, Kate
Farmgirl Sister #234
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 26 2009 : 09:02:50 AM
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That ping when the jars seal is about my favorite sound on earth!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Making my own stewed tomatoes
