Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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August 26, 2019 | #61 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MA
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Weather turned a bit cooler the past 1-2 weeks and back to nice being out there. We've been picking only what we could eat or gift, it became work for anything else, including maintenance or spraying. Finally a week ago, we got a break in the temps and forecast for heavy rains. I thought this was my chance to preserve a decent batch, else much of the crop would go to waste -split-crack-burst and the mess that follows. So I went out and picked a few baskets, this is half, I had to empty in trays and reload.
half-batch-aug19.jpg I let them sit until ready to process, and give some of the less ripe ones a chance to fully ripen. Leave them in the cool basement, single layer mostly in large flat bins, huddled in the darkness. waiting-aug19.jpg Then on Sunday, dear wife said she wanted to help me make sauce, as I had a weekend full list of honey-dos. So she cleaned and prepped the below, about 200 lbs from picked. prepped-togo-25aug19.jpg cont... Last edited by taboule; August 26, 2019 at 10:11 PM. |
August 26, 2019 | #62 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MA
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The pressing/juicing part was the fastest and easiest. Then the cooking, total of ~60 quarts here with more waiting to be added once reduced down.
making-sauce-25aug19.jpg I cooked it down a bit this time, to a nice saucy consistency. Still had to can in 2 batches giving the volume, the AA30 can do only 14 quarts at a time. Here's the end result, 28x jars, cooling and pinging away. 28x-aug19.jpg DW cut up two special specimens for savoring, his and hers (BW & SOO) with a side of salty black olives. degust-aug19.jpg |
August 27, 2019 | #63 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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Wow... what an awesome crop! The sauce looks amazing too.
I would eat a slice of that SOO right now... |
August 27, 2019 | #64 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Ontario
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Looking good! That's a heck of a lot of tomatoes! Glad you made a ton of sauce .
Linda |
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