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soup[_2_] 22-08-2009 01:31 PM

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We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?

[email protected] 22-08-2009 01:42 PM

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In article ,
soup wrote:
We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?


Let them rot slightly and throw them at your local politicians?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Pete C[_2_] 22-08-2009 01:46 PM

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soup wrote:
We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got
to the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are
coming from his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal
favourites about what to do with all these fruits, his paternal
grandmother got a pile and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile
today, so chutney, salsa, or ...?

Soup, and freeze. Great on a winters day with home baked bread :)
--
Pete C
London UK



Pete C[_2_] 22-08-2009 01:49 PM

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wrote:
In article ,
soup wrote:
We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now
got to the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are
coming from his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal
favourites about what to do with all these fruits, his paternal
grandmother got a pile and his maternal grandmother is getting a
pile today, so chutney, salsa, or ...?


Let them rot slightly and throw them at your local politicians?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nah, wouldn't submit my toms to touching a politician!
--
Pete C
London UK



moghouse 22-08-2009 02:02 PM

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On Aug 22, 1:31*pm, soup wrote:
We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). *Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today


We always used to freeze for winter cookery - much cheaper than making
Dutch smallholders rich. So sorry to hear about the grandmothers with
piles - there are some good creams available these days.

Stephen Wolstenholme 22-08-2009 02:23 PM

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On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:31:57 GMT, soup wrote:

We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?


When I was into growing tomatoes I blended all the surplus ones into a
puree and froze it in flat polythene bags. Then, if I needed some of
the puree I just broke a chunk off. Flat frozen bags don't take up
much space in the freezer.

Steve

--
Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com

Pam Moore[_2_] 22-08-2009 02:52 PM

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On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:31:57 GMT, soup wrote:

We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?


I freeze loose tomatoes as they are and take what I want for cooking.


Pam in Bristol

soup[_2_] 22-08-2009 03:37 PM

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Sacha wrote:
And tell us which he's growing! ;-)


Of the top off my head there are
6 MoneyMaker
4 Red cherry
and 2 he got from a school fayre (sic) that produce toms like a cherry
tom but they are larger than cherries but not much.


Bob Hobden 22-08-2009 03:48 PM

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Nick wrote
We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?


Let them rot slightly and throw them at your local politicians?

Our local politicians are OK, do a reasonable job for very little, it's the
MPs I would like to throw rotten fruit etc at as some still don't understand
why the country is angry. Just proves how out of touch they are.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London






®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ 22-08-2009 05:05 PM

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On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:31:57 GMT, soup wrote:

We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?


I stick them in boiling water for 4 mins, take their skins off and
freeze them small freezer bags (400g at a time) for use in chilllis,
casseroles etc

--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹

alan.holmes 22-08-2009 07:39 PM

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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...

Nick wrote
We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?


Let them rot slightly and throw them at your local politicians?

Our local politicians are OK, do a reasonable job for very little, it's
the MPs I would like to throw rotten fruit etc at as some still don't
understand why the country is angry. Just proves how out of touch they
are.


What a strange idea you have that they 'do a reasonable job for very
little', they only work for 7 months of the year, and for that they get ten
times my income!

Alan



Derek Turner 23-08-2009 12:51 PM

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On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:31:57 +0000, soup wrote:

We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?


The tomato curry in Madhur Jaffrey's first BBC book is stunning and
freezes well.

soup[_2_] 23-08-2009 03:58 PM

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Sacha wrote:

Moneymaker I've heard of but not Red Cherry. If only we knew what the
others were. ;-))


The name on the seed packet is 'RED CHERRY'
a site showing these toms', but no real information:-
http://www.mr-fothergills.co.uk/cata...product/719-1/

I doubt we will ever find out what the school ones were.
Son being how he is and the school being the type of school it is, I
have real doubts that anyone will remember what was planted.


Jardin 24-08-2009 01:16 PM

Tomatoes freeze well. You dont have to use them all now. Great for soups during the dark cold days of winter.

Quote:

Originally Posted by soup[_2_] (Post 862089)
We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?


Corporal Jones 24-08-2009 01:57 PM

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soup wrote:
We have harvested son's tomato plants again and again, it has now got to
the level were we can't possibly eat all the fruits that are coming from
his plants (sick of tomato pieces). Any ideas/personal favourites about
what to do with all these fruits, his paternal grandmother got a pile
and his maternal grandmother is getting a pile today, so chutney, salsa,
or ...?


When I have a glut of Tomatoes as I have now, I use them along with my
courgettes,not done as well this year so I have had to supplement them,
Onions & green peppers both which have done well.
Along with a few select herbs and garlic I make a batch of Ratatouille,
pack into portions and freeze.
Keeps me going until Christmas

--
Corporal Jones
"I don't like it up me"


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