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Can I freeze tomatoes until I have enough to can a batch?
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AZ Nomad wrote: On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:17:37 +1200, George.com wrote: wrote in message .. . On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:32:48 +1200, "George.com" wrote: wrote in message news On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:53:19 -0500, zxcvbob wrote: Steve Young wrote: "Omelet" wrote: Blanch and peel first. You could also stew them and can them as a sauce. ;-d Even turn them into ketchup. Anyone tried their hand at this? Every gardener should make ketchup once in their life. You take a half a bushel of fresh tomatoes, some vinegar and salt, and a bunch of expensive sugar and spices. Cook them down for about 6 hours (Careful! Don't let it burn!) When you're all done, you have a pint or two of ketchup that's almost as good as the 20 ounce bottle of store-bought ketchup you could have bought for about $1. HTH :-) Bob Ain't that the truth! We tried our hand at it one year when we had a real glut of tomatoes but, we ended up with about 12 liters, not one or two pints. And, like you say, it was almost as good as store bought. The real saving grace was the fact that a couple of the grandkids liked it better than the store bought so we were able to unload a bunch. you lot must either have really excellent supermarket tomato sauce or really crap recipes for making it yourself at home. I got a recipe from the guy across the road this year & made some great tomato suace. Beats the store bought crap hands down. rob I was referring to making ketchup, not tomato sauce. There's a big difference. Tomato ketchup - tomato sauce. Never thought there was a difference between the two. Have a hamburger, a pie or some chips, put the tomato sauce/ketchup on them. What do you categorise the difference as? Ketchup is saturated with sugar and has some vinegar too. Unless you are making home made low carb Ketchup/Catsup! -- Peace! Om All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) |
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Can I freeze tomatoes until I have enough to can a batch?
Omelet wrote:
In article , AZ Nomad wrote: On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:17:37 +1200, George.com wrote: wrote in message ... On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:32:48 +1200, "George.com" wrote: wrote in message news On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:53:19 -0500, zxcvbob wrote: Steve Young wrote: "Omelet" wrote: Blanch and peel first. You could also stew them and can them as a sauce. ;-d Even turn them into ketchup. Anyone tried their hand at this? Every gardener should make ketchup once in their life. You take a half a bushel of fresh tomatoes, some vinegar and salt, and a bunch of expensive sugar and spices. Cook them down for about 6 hours (Careful! Don't let it burn!) When you're all done, you have a pint or two of ketchup that's almost as good as the 20 ounce bottle of store-bought ketchup you could have bought for about $1. HTH :-) Bob Ain't that the truth! We tried our hand at it one year when we had a real glut of tomatoes but, we ended up with about 12 liters, not one or two pints. And, like you say, it was almost as good as store bought. The real saving grace was the fact that a couple of the grandkids liked it better than the store bought so we were able to unload a bunch. you lot must either have really excellent supermarket tomato sauce or really crap recipes for making it yourself at home. I got a recipe from the guy across the road this year & made some great tomato suace. Beats the store bought crap hands down. rob I was referring to making ketchup, not tomato sauce. There's a big difference. Tomato ketchup - tomato sauce. Never thought there was a difference between the two. Have a hamburger, a pie or some chips, put the tomato sauce/ketchup on them. What do you categorise the difference as? Ketchup is saturated with sugar and has some vinegar too. Unless you are making home made low carb Ketchup/Catsup! That might be good, but it's not Ketchup. (Oddly enough, if you use honey for the sweetener, it doesn't even meet the USDA definition of ketchup and you have to call it something like "imitation ketchup".) Bob |
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Can I freeze tomatoes until I have enough to can a batch?
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zxcvbob wrote: I was referring to making ketchup, not tomato sauce. There's a big difference. Tomato ketchup - tomato sauce. Never thought there was a difference between the two. Have a hamburger, a pie or some chips, put the tomato sauce/ketchup on them. What do you categorise the difference as? Ketchup is saturated with sugar and has some vinegar too. Unless you are making home made low carb Ketchup/Catsup! That might be good, but it's not Ketchup. (Oddly enough, if you use honey for the sweetener, it doesn't even meet the USDA definition of ketchup and you have to call it something like "imitation ketchup".) Bob If I'm making it for my own use, I can call it whatever I want. g -- Peace! Om All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) |
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Can I freeze tomatoes until I have enough to can a batch?
Omelet wrote:
In article , zxcvbob wrote: I was referring to making ketchup, not tomato sauce. There's a big difference. Tomato ketchup - tomato sauce. Never thought there was a difference between the two. Have a hamburger, a pie or some chips, put the tomato sauce/ketchup on them. What do you categorise the difference as? Ketchup is saturated with sugar and has some vinegar too. Unless you are making home made low carb Ketchup/Catsup! That might be good, but it's not Ketchup. (Oddly enough, if you use honey for the sweetener, it doesn't even meet the USDA definition of ketchup and you have to call it something like "imitation ketchup".) Bob If I'm making it for my own use, I can call it whatever I want. g I call mine "Alfredo". I called everything I cook "Alfredo". (I learned that from watching Olive Garden commercials.) Think I'll go make myself a Bourbon Martini with an orange twist... ;-P Bob |
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Can I freeze tomatoes until I have enough to can a batch?
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zxcvbob wrote: Omelet wrote: In article , zxcvbob wrote: I was referring to making ketchup, not tomato sauce. There's a big difference. Tomato ketchup - tomato sauce. Never thought there was a difference between the two. Have a hamburger, a pie or some chips, put the tomato sauce/ketchup on them. What do you categorise the difference as? Ketchup is saturated with sugar and has some vinegar too. Unless you are making home made low carb Ketchup/Catsup! That might be good, but it's not Ketchup. (Oddly enough, if you use honey for the sweetener, it doesn't even meet the USDA definition of ketchup and you have to call it something like "imitation ketchup".) Bob If I'm making it for my own use, I can call it whatever I want. g I call mine "Alfredo". I called everything I cook "Alfredo". (I learned that from watching Olive Garden commercials.) Think I'll go make myself a Bourbon Martini with an orange twist... ;-P Bob It's not a Martini unless... Never mind. g -- Peace! Om All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) |
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