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When you're overrun with tomatoes ? Make Salsa ! Freeze some too , but I'm
only freezing the Roma's . Here's my recipe , made it up after looking at a bunch of different ones online . I like it ... Snag's Salsa 3 1/2 c tomatoes - I scalded & peeled them , then simmered them for about 5-6 minutes 1 medium onion , chopped fine 4 cloves garlic , also chopped fine 2 medium jalapenos , I scorched them over the stove burner and scraped the skin off then - you guessed it -chopped them up fine . 3-4 sprigs cilantro , chopped fine 1 tbsp lime juice 1/2 tbsp salt or to taste Add everything to the hot tomatoes , stir it all up and chill . Makes about a quart . This first batch is a little runny , I used slicers for most of the tomatoes because we haven't been able to eat them all before they spoil . Next batch will be all roma , they make a much thicker sauce . Feel free to tweak and let us/me know how that goes . This salsa is medium-hot , some might use a milder pepper or less . -- Snag |
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"Terry Coombs" writes: When you're overrun with tomatoes ? Make Salsa ! Freeze some too , but I'm only freezing the Roma's . Here's my recipe , made it up after lo I'm tempted to make salsa, but that would just lead to eating more chips, which I really should not do. (Suddenly, I have a craving.) My plan/hope is more pasta sauce. I got 10 quarts canned a couple weekends ago. (Must be a couple weeks, the burns are all healed.) I'm hoping for a second round. The vines are looking good, but most of the fruit is still green. The first batch started as about 5.5 gallons of tomatoes, down to about 18-19 quarts in the pots. The result was sauce with meat. I'm hoping the next batch will yield enough for a meat portion (for lasagna) and a non-meat portion (for pizza). -- Drew Lawson And I know there's more to the story I know I need to see more I need to see s'more, hear s'more feel s'more. I gotta be s'more |
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On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:31:29 AM UTC-4, Terry Coombs wrote:
When you're overrun with tomatoes ? Make Salsa ! Freeze some too , but I'm only freezing the Roma's . Here's my recipe , made it up after looking at a bunch of different ones online . I like it ... Snag's Salsa 3 1/2 c tomatoes - I scalded & peeled them , then simmered them for about 5-6 minutes 1 medium onion , chopped fine 4 cloves garlic , also chopped fine 2 medium jalapenos , I scorched them over the stove burner and scraped the skin off then - you guessed it -chopped them up fine . 3-4 sprigs cilantro , chopped fine 1 tbsp lime juice 1/2 tbsp salt or to taste Add everything to the hot tomatoes , stir it all up and chill . Makes about a quart . This first batch is a little runny , I used slicers for most of the tomatoes because we haven't been able to eat them all before they spoil . Next batch will be all roma , they make a much thicker sauce . Feel free to tweak and let us/me know how that goes . This salsa is medium-hot , some might use a milder pepper or less . -- Snag I do a roasted tomato marinara using romas: Scald, peal, 1/2 and seed. arrange on a baking pan and sprinkle olive oil, finely chopped garlic, basil, oregano, crushed red pepper and salt. bake until tender, then run through food mill and freeze. You can make the sauce thicker by baking longer, vary spices to taste, etc... I used to try to make sauce on top of the stove and often scorched it. This method with low heat is almost fool-proof. Steve |
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Steve Peek wrote:
On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 9:31:29 AM UTC-4, Terry Coombs wrote: When you're overrun with tomatoes ? Make Salsa ! Freeze some too , but I'm only freezing the Roma's . Here's my recipe , made it up after looking at a bunch of different ones online . I like it ... Snag's Salsa 3 1/2 c tomatoes - I scalded & peeled them , then simmered them for about 5-6 minutes 1 medium onion , chopped fine 4 cloves garlic , also chopped fine 2 medium jalapenos , I scorched them over the stove burner and scraped the skin off then - you guessed it -chopped them up fine . 3-4 sprigs cilantro , chopped fine 1 tbsp lime juice 1/2 tbsp salt or to taste Add everything to the hot tomatoes , stir it all up and chill . Makes about a quart . This first batch is a little runny , I used slicers for most of the tomatoes because we haven't been able to eat them all before they spoil . Next batch will be all roma , they make a much thicker sauce . Feel free to tweak and let us/me know how that goes . This salsa is medium-hot , some might use a milder pepper or less . -- Snag I do a roasted tomato marinara using romas: Scald, peal, 1/2 and seed. arrange on a baking pan and sprinkle olive oil, finely chopped garlic, basil, oregano, crushed red pepper and salt. bake until tender, then run through food mill and freeze. You can make the sauce thicker by baking longer, vary spices to taste, etc... I used to try to make sauce on top of the stove and often scorched it. This method with low heat is almost fool-proof. Steve I have I think 6 quart bags with 2-2 1/2 cups of romas in the freezer . I use them in my spaghetti sauce , pizza sauce , etc . Got a couple that are mixed , roma , beefsteak , and cherry tomato . I have like 6 cherry tomato plants , and this really puzzles me because they came out of the same seed package as the beefsteaks ... somebody oOopsed somewhere ! That salsa is even better today , if a bit hotter . Musta taken a while to leach the capsaicin outta those jalapenos . -- Snag |
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Ecnerwal writes: In article , lid (Drew Lawson) wrote: I'm tempted to make salsa, but that would just lead to eating more chips, which I really should not do. (Suddenly, I have a craving.) Make chips you can feel good about eating! That wasn't a "processed food is bad" shouldn't. It was a "I don't need the carbs" shouldn't. I could sneak some moderation in there if we entertained more, but we don't. If the gym membership starts to get used more, I may have an excuse for salsa next year. When tomatoes overrun us (not this year) I run a dehydrator like a mad man - and when apples over-run us, likewise. The tomatoes usually get eaten straight, sometimes soaked in a bit of balsamic vinegar for some uses. That is on the list of things to try. Pasta sauce has priority, but drying some has appeal. "Sun-drying" is a nice idea for some other climate - here, you can pretty much bet on mold and generally unsuitable weather, so we don't even bother to try. I'd have to protect them from critters large and small to do sun drying. Not even the house cats bother the cheap dehydrator I have (only used for spices as yet). -- Drew Lawson I only came in search of answers, never planned to sell my soul I only came in search of something left that I could call my own |
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Ecnerwal writes: In article , lid (Drew Lawson) wrote: That wasn't a "processed food is bad" shouldn't. It was a "I don't need the carbs" shouldn't. That wasn't a make your own (potato/corn) chips suggestions - it was a make chips that _are_ tomatoes suggestion - though perhaps I separated the "dry tomatoes" a bit too far for that to be obvious. Ah, I understand now. I should probably try to get more sleep at night. -- Drew Lawson | Pass the tea and sympathy | for he good old days are dead | Let's raise a toast to those | who best survived the life they led |
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On 27/08/2014 11:31 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
When you're overrun with tomatoes ? I just run excess tomatoes through the machine that takes off the skin and pips and chucks it all off to one side and which leaves a slightly thickened juice/pulp which comes out the other side. This I preserve by bottling (canning in USian). It can then be used for a thousand an one things (including cooking down to a pulp at some later stage) but our favourite is to use it to make tomato soup in winter. |
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Fran Farmer wrote:
On 27/08/2014 11:31 PM, Terry Coombs wrote: When you're overrun with tomatoes ? I just run excess tomatoes through the machine that takes off the skin and pips and chucks it all off to one side and which leaves a slightly thickened juice/pulp which comes out the other side. This I preserve by bottling (canning in USian). It can then be used for a thousand an one things (including cooking down to a pulp at some later stage) but our favourite is to use it to make tomato soup in winter. I've been scalding/skinning everything we can't eat except cherry toms , which were a surprise because I planted beefsteaks and freezing them 2 cups per baggie for sauces etc this winter . I might just try using some of those cherry tomatoes for a batch of wine ... we were really surprised to see them , because as I said , the package I got those seeds from is the same one the beefsteaks came from . And for that matter , I'm not so sure the bigger ones are actually beefsteak , they haven't exactly been as big as I expected . We won't be getting either seeds or sets from Walmart again , that's for sure ! -- Snag |
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Fran Farmer wrote:
On 27/08/2014 11:31 PM, Terry Coombs wrote: When you're overrun with tomatoes ? I just run excess tomatoes through the machine that takes off the skin and pips and chucks it all off to one side and which leaves a slightly thickened juice/pulp which comes out the other side. This I preserve by bottling (canning in USian). It can then be used for a thousand an one things (including cooking down to a pulp at some later stage) but our favourite is to use it to make tomato soup in winter. What is this machine called and who makes it? -- David - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A better world requires a daily struggle against those who would mislead us. |
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message ... Fran Farmer wrote: On 27/08/2014 11:31 PM, Terry Coombs wrote: When you're overrun with tomatoes ? I just run excess tomatoes through the machine that takes off the skin and pips and chucks it all off to one side and which leaves a slightly thickened juice/pulp which comes out the other side. This I preserve by bottling (canning in USian). It can then be used for a thousand an one things (including cooking down to a pulp at some later stage) but our favourite is to use it to make tomato soup in winter. What is this machine called and who makes it? This is also my question. I would grow more if the processing was easier. Mike |
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On 31/08/2014 2:17 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
Fran Farmer wrote: On 27/08/2014 11:31 PM, Terry Coombs wrote: When you're overrun with tomatoes ? I just run excess tomatoes through the machine that takes off the skin and pips and chucks it all off to one side and which leaves a slightly thickened juice/pulp which comes out the other side. This I preserve by bottling (canning in USian). It can then be used for a thousand an one things (including cooking down to a pulp at some later stage) but our favourite is to use it to make tomato soup in winter. What is this machine called and who makes it? I've had this thing for maybe 25 years and the shabby box it's in says on it"spremipomodoro San Marzano" (sic). I did a search on that info and this one is the same as mine is: http://www.jackbergsales.com/applian...odStrainer.htm It works a treat. You might find it in some Italian type grocers in somewhere like Newcastle. |
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On 31/08/2014 3:08 PM, Bloke Down The Pub wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message ... Fran Farmer wrote: On 27/08/2014 11:31 PM, Terry Coombs wrote: When you're overrun with tomatoes ? I just run excess tomatoes through the machine that takes off the skin and pips and chucks it all off to one side and which leaves a slightly thickened juice/pulp which comes out the other side. This I preserve by bottling (canning in USian). It can then be used for a thousand an one things (including cooking down to a pulp at some later stage) but our favourite is to use it to make tomato soup in winter. What is this machine called and who makes it? This is also my question. I would grow more if the processing was easier. This thing is bloody brilliant but an old fashioned mouli is almost as good if you just want to chuck whole toms in a boiler and then shove them through the Mouli once cooked. The Mouli works very well but is much harder work thatn the spemi thingo. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fox-Run-5503.../dp/B001N81JVM I've owned a number of Moulis over the years and they can be bought in good kitchenware shops in Aus. |
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David Hare-Scott wrote:
Fran Farmer wrote: Terry Coombs wrote: When you're overrun with tomatoes ? I just run excess tomatoes through the machine that takes off the skin and pips and chucks it all off to one side and which leaves a slightly thickened juice/pulp which comes out the other side. This I preserve by bottling (canning in USian). It can then be used for a thousand an one things (including cooking down to a pulp at some later stage) but our favourite is to use it to make tomato soup in winter. What is this machine called and who makes it? sounds like a version of a food mill to me. or even a juicer would do similar. songbird |