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A carefully dried tomato can carry the taste of summer’s sweet abundance through many seasons. Dried tomatoes provide a distinct chewy texture and richness to pan sauces and stews. They can be eaten as is for a quick burst of vitamin C. Making your own during is not hard at all. Equipment Dried tomatoes are generally made in [...] | August 31st, 2010 | Tags: dehydrating, sundried tomatoes, tomatoes | Category: Gardening, Local Food, Preserving |
| 4 comments Oh, Julia Child, you dear pink tomato. Your blushing beauty covers your spicy inside, tempting gardeners for decades. Cherokee Chocolate, dark enchantress of the bunch. That Christmas colored skin of yours yields to a dark juicy flesh, dripping with sunlight transformed to sweetness. Then there’s you, Rutgers. Your pleats, your bulbous inundations, inspire a thousand delicious thoughts.
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August 25th, 2010 | Tags: heirlooms, julia child, tomatoes | Category: Cooking, Gardening, Grow Your Garden, Local Food, What's Growing |
| 6 comments In Canning Week 2010 day 3, I share a bit about canning vegetables. View a lesson on pectin and recipe for peach jam from earlier in the week. Tomorrow I’ll discuss pickles. The massive harvests are starting, and they aren’t limited to sweet fruits. Something has to be done with mountains of tomatoes, corn, green beans, and [...] |August 4th, 2010 | Tags: canning, canning week 2010, preserving, tomatoes | Category: Local Food, Preserving |
| 2 comments Dear chickens, I know our tomatoes are delicious. Or rather, I would know, if you didn’t keep hen-pecking them before they are fully ripe. Gardeners should never count their eggs before they hatch with regards to tomatoes, and I did initially believe the dogs or squirrels were stealing the fruit. I was walking on eggshells waiting to witness [...] |July 31st, 2010 | Tags: chickens, Gardening, tomatoes | Category: City Chickens, Gardening |
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Rising temperatures find home cooks looking for low-heat meal options. Gazpacho is a refreshing choice that requires only the use of your blender. This version was made with what I had on hand during late spring: last year’s home canned home grown tomatoes, garlic scapes, fresh cilantro, and store bought jalapeno. Later in [...]  |
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