Thread: Tomatoes

On 8/1/2011 7:42 AM, The Cook wrote:
> So far I have picked about 50 pounds of tomatoes. Today I will can a
> few quarts of Viva Italia. The others we will eat fresh (salads or
> sandwiches) or cooked in some manner. I'm thinking tomato pudding
> tomorrow.
What in the world is tomato pudding? Curious minds and all that.
>
> I made stuffed peppers Saturday. Still have some that I need to get
> frozen. I may also make a few more from the peppers I picked this
> morning.
Never met a stuffed pepper I didn't like but never made the and froze
them. How do they hold up from freezing?
>
> My son sent me a picture Saturday of his first tomato sandwich. He
> has done some gardening in other places he has lived but this the
> first from the garden in HIS yard.
Good for him, see, gardening is catching on with young people again.

On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:34:33 -0500, George Shirley
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 8/1/2011 7:42 AM, The Cook wrote:
>> So far I have picked about 50 pounds of tomatoes. Today I will can a
>> few quarts of Viva Italia. The others we will eat fresh (salads or
>> sandwiches) or cooked in some manner. I'm thinking tomato pudding
>> tomorrow.
>What in the world is tomato pudding? Curious minds and all that.
>>
Tomatoes, onion, bread, salt & pepper. Bake until hot through.

>> I made stuffed peppers Saturday. Still have some that I need to get
>> frozen. I may also make a few more from the peppers I picked this
>> morning.
>Never met a stuffed pepper I didn't like but never made the and froze
>them. How do they hold up from freezing?

They do very well. Since mine are completely cooked I can put them in
the freezer as is. I usually put some tomato sauce on them when they
cook.
>>
>> My son sent me a picture Saturday of his first tomato sandwich. He
>> has done some gardening in other places he has lived but this the
>> first from the garden in HIS yard.
>Good for him, see, gardening is catching on with young people again.

I'm glad to see him gardening and cooking, even making pickles. I
wonder how many single young men do these things. I did direct him to
the UGA site for information if he doesn't buy a BBB.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On 8/1/2011 9:26 AM, The Cook wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:34:33 -0500, George Shirley
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 8/1/2011 7:42 AM, The Cook wrote:
>>> So far I have picked about 50 pounds of tomatoes. Today I will can a
>>> few quarts of Viva Italia. The others we will eat fresh (salads or
>>> sandwiches) or cooked in some manner. I'm thinking tomato pudding
>>> tomorrow.
>> What in the world is tomato pudding? Curious minds and all that.
>>>
> Tomatoes, onion, bread, salt& pepper. Bake until hot through.
>
>>> I made stuffed peppers Saturday. Still have some that I need to get
>>> frozen. I may also make a few more from the peppers I picked this
>>> morning.
>> Never met a stuffed pepper I didn't like but never made the and froze
>> them. How do they hold up from freezing?
>
> They do very well. Since mine are completely cooked I can put them in
> the freezer as is. I usually put some tomato sauce on them when they
> cook.
>>>
>>> My son sent me a picture Saturday of his first tomato sandwich. He
>>> has done some gardening in other places he has lived but this the
>>> first from the garden in HIS yard.
>> Good for him, see, gardening is catching on with young people again.
>
> I'm glad to see him gardening and cooking, even making pickles. I
> wonder how many single young men do these things. I did direct him to
> the UGA site for information if he doesn't buy a BBB.
I would be willing to bet a dollar, if I had one free, that not very
many young men do the things your son is starting to do. We all need to
encourage our young people to take up gardening and home food
preserving. Those are skills that they can use for a lifetime.

On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:43:51 -0500, George Shirley
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 8/1/2011 9:26 AM, The Cook wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:34:33 -0500, George Shirley
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/1/2011 7:42 AM, The Cook wrote:
>>>> So far I have picked about 50 pounds of tomatoes. Today I will can a
>>>> few quarts of Viva Italia. The others we will eat fresh (salads or
>>>> sandwiches) or cooked in some manner. I'm thinking tomato pudding
>>>> tomorrow.
>>> What in the world is tomato pudding? Curious minds and all that.
>>>>
>> Tomatoes, onion, bread, salt& pepper. Bake until hot through.
>>
>>>> I made stuffed peppers Saturday. Still have some that I need to get
>>>> frozen. I may also make a few more from the peppers I picked this
>>>> morning.
>>> Never met a stuffed pepper I didn't like but never made the and froze
>>> them. How do they hold up from freezing?
>>
>> They do very well. Since mine are completely cooked I can put them in
>> the freezer as is. I usually put some tomato sauce on them when they
>> cook.
>>>>
>>>> My son sent me a picture Saturday of his first tomato sandwich. He
>>>> has done some gardening in other places he has lived but this the
>>>> first from the garden in HIS yard.
>>> Good for him, see, gardening is catching on with young people again.
>>
>> I'm glad to see him gardening and cooking, even making pickles. I
>> wonder how many single young men do these things. I did direct him to
>> the UGA site for information if he doesn't buy a BBB.
>I would be willing to bet a dollar, if I had one free, that not very
>many young men do the things your son is starting to do. We all need to
>encourage our young people to take up gardening and home food
>preserving. Those are skills that they can use for a lifetime.

And, if Monsanto, Cargill and Con-Agra get their way, growing and
preserving your own will be the only reasonably priced, open
pollinated, non-GMO food available.

Ross.

On Aug 1, 11:43*am, George Shirley <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> On 8/1/2011 9:26 AM, The Cook wrote:
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> > On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:34:33 -0500, George Shirley
> > <gmshir...@suddenlink.net> *wrote:
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> >> On 8/1/2011 7:42 AM, The Cook wrote:
> >>> So far I have picked about 50 pounds of tomatoes. *Today I will cana
> >>> few quarts of Viva Italia. *The others we will eat fresh (salads or
> >>> sandwiches) or cooked in some manner. *I'm thinking tomato pudding
> >>> tomorrow.
> >> What in the world is tomato pudding? Curious minds and all that.
>
> > Tomatoes, onion, bread, salt& *pepper. *Bake until hot through.
>
> >>> I made stuffed peppers Saturday. *Still have some that I need to get
> >>> frozen. *I may also make a few more from the peppers I picked this
> >>> morning.
> >> Never met a stuffed pepper I didn't like but never made the and froze
> >> them. How do they hold up from freezing?
>
> > They do very well. *Since mine are completely cooked I can put them in
> > the freezer as is. *I usually put some tomato sauce on them when they
> > cook.
>
> >>> My son sent me a picture Saturday of his first tomato sandwich. *He
> >>> has done some gardening in other places he has lived but this the
> >>> first from the garden in HIS yard.
> >> Good for him, see, gardening is catching on with young people again.
>
> > I'm glad to see him gardening and cooking, even making pickles. *I
> > wonder how many single young men do these things. *I did direct him to
> > the UGA site for information if he doesn't buy a BBB.
>
> I would be willing to bet a dollar, if I had one free, that not very
> many young men do the things your son is starting to do. We all need to
> encourage our young people to take up gardening and home food
> preserving. Those are skills that they can use for a lifetime.

My son has also done some gardening but he's more into the cooking,
canning, baking of the produce. He bought himself a PC several years
ago and has done beans and other stuff. His Christmas present about 5
years ago was a Back to Basics strainer. But then he also does most
of the care for his 2 girls as well as cooks most of the families
meals and likes to try to make beer and wine on the side and roasts
and grinds his own coffee.:-)
Connie TC