I confess that before I kicked carbohydrates I used to slather this incredible chutney onto crackers loaded with goat cheese. It’s quite irresistible and makes a great hors d’oeuvre for a dinner party. But it also works as a traditional chutney with your favorite spicy Indian food, bringing intoxicating flavors of ginger, red pepper, cinnamon. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'canning'
Green Tomato And Apple Chutney
September 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Recipes, garden
Tags: canning·green tomatoes·preserving
Sweet Pickled Green Tomatoes
September 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Recipes, garden
So our 12 tomato plants came down this week to make room for cabbage and fall greens, leaving me with about 20 pounds of perfectly usable green tomatoes. What to do?
In fact, there are any number of things you can do with green tomatoes, probably more than you think. Everyone’s heard of fried green tomatoes by now. [...]
Tags: canning·green tomatoes·pickles·tomatoes
Canning, Interrupted
July 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Recipes, garden
Do you set aside a day to can tomatoes?
I know I don’t. If I spent a day canning tomatoes, we’d have enough canned tomatoes to feed an army. We’ve found that just two healthy Roma tomato plants provide enough tomatoes to last us the entire year. In fact, we just used the last pint of [...]
Green Tomato Mincemeat
November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blog
Can you believe we are still processing green tomatoes?
Our final harvest netted us a bus tub full of green tomatoes plus another bus tub full of tomatoes in various stages of ripeness. Here it is November and we are looking for new and different ways to use our green ones.
We love our sweet pickled [...]
Tags: canning·green tomatoes·mincemeat
KIds Can Tomatoes
September 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
We are overwhelmed with Roma tomatoes from our garden. Perhaps this is a good time to teach the kids in my “food appreciation” classes a thing or two about canning.
First job is to blanch the tomatoes in a big pot of boiling water for about 20 seconds (15 seconds is about the minimum). [...]
Barbie Says, Let’s Can More!
August 25th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Uncategorized
Careful what you wish for, Barbie. The ground around our Roma plants is littered with tomatoes. I have a feeling if you just gave the plants a good shake, you’d have an unending supply.
These are the pulpy, less juicy variety of tomatoes ideal for dicing and canning or turning into tomato sauce or paste. [...]
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
