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Too many tomatoes
I have made four quarts of V-7, frozen many bags and roasted and froze many more. We will be leaving for the winter and my wife won't let me take much. We don't have the room anyway so the pick from yesterday and today sits on the counter. Anyone got a spicy tomato soup recipe.
If you can see on the right middle tom the eaten part on the top, The grasshoppers
If you can see on the right middle tom the eaten part on the top, The grasshoppers
Last edited by camprn on 9/2/2015, 6:54 am; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : expanded title)
johnp- Posts : 644
Join date : 2013-01-05
Age : 78
Location : high desert, Penrose CO
Re: Too many tomatoes
Wow, John, nice! This recipe is easy and relish, just add a couple jalapeño peppers for some heat!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/218791/jersey-fresh-tomato-soup/
I will use a sweet onion and use the whole thing...adjust things to taste!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/218791/jersey-fresh-tomato-soup/
I will use a sweet onion and use the whole thing...adjust things to taste!
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8687
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Too many tomatoes
What a lovely problem.
Have you been bringing tomatoes to the farmstand this year? And have you thought of drying them? They condense a lot and make great snacking chips. We like them on pizza and in salads and like them in rice.
Have you been bringing tomatoes to the farmstand this year? And have you thought of drying them? They condense a lot and make great snacking chips. We like them on pizza and in salads and like them in rice.
Turan- Posts : 2616
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
Re: Too many tomatoes
Thanks , both great ideas. In drying large tomatoes do you just slice them and then into a dehydrator?
johnp- Posts : 644
Join date : 2013-01-05
Age : 78
Location : high desert, Penrose CO
Re: Too many tomatoes
I have one of those round American Harvest dehydrators. I find that tomatoes stick to the trays so I use the fruit roll-up sheets (I bet oiled parchment paper would work) lightly oiled. Slice the tomatoes about a half inch thick. Too thin and they dry to nothing but a smear. I love doing the cherries best, slice in half and lay skin side down, they make little tomato raisins.
I pack them into jars or bags and freeze them. I worry about not having totally dryed them and then molding. I wonder if I could not heat the jars in the oven and put a canning lid on so it sealed when cooled and then they would be ok for the shelf? I think I read some one doing that with dry goods here?
I pack them into jars or bags and freeze them. I worry about not having totally dryed them and then molding. I wonder if I could not heat the jars in the oven and put a canning lid on so it sealed when cooled and then they would be ok for the shelf? I think I read some one doing that with dry goods here?
Turan- Posts : 2616
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
Re: Too many tomatoes
Beautiful, John! I core my overflow and put them in the freezer whole for future sauces. I suppose you could cut them up first but I'm too lazy.
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CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: Too many tomatoes
All of the above! Nice problem to have!
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8687
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Too many tomatoes
I found a super pasta sauce recipe and tripled it and used 5 pounds. Shrank the pile. The problem however is tomorrow, looks like a lot more red out there. This is in spite of the grasshoppers eating maybe 18 to 24 tomatoes and they don't go for the better boys and other common varieties they go for my heirlooms. Must have good taste .
johnp- Posts : 644
Join date : 2013-01-05
Age : 78
Location : high desert, Penrose CO
Re: Too many tomatoes
Turan wrote:I have one of those round American Harvest dehydrators. I find that tomatoes stick to the trays so I use the fruit roll-up sheets (I bet oiled parchment paper would work) lightly oiled. Slice the tomatoes about a half inch thick. Too thin and they dry to nothing but a smear. I love doing the cherries best, slice in half and lay skin side down, they make little tomato raisins.
I pack them into jars or bags and freeze them. I worry about not having totally dryed them and then molding. I wonder if I could not heat the jars in the oven and put a canning lid on so it sealed when cooled and then they would be ok for the shelf? I think I read some one doing that with dry goods here?
Turan - do you have a food saver. They have an attachment that will suck the air out of a canning jar and seal it. Real simple to use to store your dehydrated foods.
yolos- Posts : 4152
Join date : 2011-11-20
Age : 74
Location : Brooks, Ga Zone 7B/8A
Re: Too many tomatoes
Did you ever think of making ketchup or something like tomato butter (both take lots of tomatoes, and are ultimately worth the effort).
FRED58- Posts : 170
Join date : 2015-03-25
Age : 65
Location : Kincardine, Ontario, Canada
Re: Too many tomatoes
yolos wrote:Turan wrote:I have one of those round American Harvest dehydrators. I find that tomatoes stick to the trays so I use the fruit roll-up sheets (I bet oiled parchment paper would work) lightly oiled. Slice the tomatoes about a half inch thick. Too thin and they dry to nothing but a smear. I love doing the cherries best, slice in half and lay skin side down, they make little tomato raisins.
I pack them into jars or bags and freeze them. I worry about not having totally dryed them and then molding. I wonder if I could not heat the jars in the oven and put a canning lid on so it sealed when cooled and then they would be ok for the shelf? I think I read some one doing that with dry goods here?
Turan - do you have a food saver. They have an attachment that will suck the air out of a canning jar and seal it. Real simple to use to store your dehydrated foods.
Sadly, no.
I am thinking about that though. I would like to seal the plastic freezing bags better as well.
Turan- Posts : 2616
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
Re: Too many tomatoes
What a lucky problem!
Marc Iverson- Posts : 3638
Join date : 2013-07-05
Age : 62
Location : SW Oregon
Re: Too many tomatoes
Turan, I think the FoodSaver is the best little gadget to freeze foods with very little air. A year around type of use, Have left overs? Freeze them in the bag with the date. Mine was not the expensive model and I love it.
Re: Too many tomatoes
FRED58 wrote:Did you ever think of making ketchup or something like tomato butter (both take lots of tomatoes, and are ultimately worth the effort).
Homemade ketchup is the bomb!
And uses a ton of tomatoes.
Yeah, the heirlooms are tastier for everyone, thinner skin, sweeter, just, ya know, better....
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8687
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Too many tomatoes
I will make some ketchup. Good idea, found what looks to be a great recipe. BTW a food saver is a great tool to have. We use ours all the time. We buy large packages of chicken and other meats when on sale and repackage them for use for two.
johnp- Posts : 644
Join date : 2013-01-05
Age : 78
Location : high desert, Penrose CO
Re: Too many tomatoes
Some one posted about making tomato powder from their dried tomatoes. Instant paste or sauce. Easy to store. If I dry enough I will try that.
I wonder if it cakes up though.
I wonder if it cakes up though.
Turan- Posts : 2616
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
Re: Too many tomatoes
I looked into making ketchup once. The amount of tomatoes used for even a small amount of ketchup would make for many good meals. I couldn't bring myself to do it.
Maybe if I had a truly huge garden and a spectacular harvest in it.
Maybe if I had a truly huge garden and a spectacular harvest in it.
Marc Iverson- Posts : 3638
Join date : 2013-07-05
Age : 62
Location : SW Oregon
Re: Too many tomatoes
John, what a lovely harvest! Thanks for posting.
Windmere- Posts : 1425
Join date : 2013-02-26
Age : 55
Location : Fayetteville, GA - Zone 7B - 8A
Re: Too many tomatoes
Marc, there is one other reason..... Someone's better half puts a foot down and says no more, the pantry's full, we are leaving for the winter, we can't take it with us, we don't have the room in AZ and on and on and...
johnp- Posts : 644
Join date : 2013-01-05
Age : 78
Location : high desert, Penrose CO
Re: Too many tomatoes
I forgot to ask a question about ketchup. I found two recipes for old fashioned ketchup before Heinz. They are very similar one calling for 10 pounds and one for six. The only difference was the processing times, the 2006 book called for 20 min. and the 2012 book called for 15 min. Of course I add for altitude but which would others follow? The 2012 book is the one I use the most - Pickled Pantry by Andrea Chesman. A must have book if you like everything pickled or fermented.
johnp- Posts : 644
Join date : 2013-01-05
Age : 78
Location : high desert, Penrose CO
Re: Too many tomatoes
John, I'd opt for the 2012 book. Between the editions they've done a lot of testing. I'm guessing they found that other 5 minutes wasn't necessary.
Re: Too many tomatoes
Thanks AtlantaMarie, that's what I'll do.
johnp- Posts : 644
Join date : 2013-01-05
Age : 78
Location : high desert, Penrose CO
Re: Too many tomatoes
If I am not too late, here is a slow cooker version:
http://dontwastethecrumbs.com/2014/09/diy-homemade-ketchup/
http://dontwastethecrumbs.com/2014/09/diy-homemade-ketchup/
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8687
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Too many tomatoes
Not to late, going to make it tomorrow. Tried to upload a picture of the haul from 7:00 AM this morning. Took a photo and tried to upload it and my comp. locked up. Feeling better this afternoon will try now.
This mornings harvest, tomatoes only:
Sorry about the cat, he is my supervisor
This mornings harvest, tomatoes only:
Sorry about the cat, he is my supervisor
johnp- Posts : 644
Join date : 2013-01-05
Age : 78
Location : high desert, Penrose CO
Re: Too many tomatoes
Looks like he has things under control, John!
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8687
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Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
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