Time to Tomato
Time is runing out
The guys at Dirty Girl Produce at San Francisco's Farmers' Market last week told me there are only a couple of weeks of their Early Girl tomatoes left. They often sell 20lb sauce boxes of tomatoes for just $20. I put these in a large pot, skins and all, and simmer for about an hour before cooling overnight, running through a food mill to lose the skins and then freezing in two cup batches. This box yielded 17 x 2 cup bags of tomato pulp which I can use for pasta sauces, chicken tikka masalas and soups over the next 8 months or so, until tomatoes come back into season again.
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15 Comments:
At 18/11/06 14:57,
Greg said…
Summer is departing and so go my lovely toms.Sadness followed by anticipation of good things to come.
At 18/11/06 16:16,
Anonymous said…
Well now, that's what I call making good use of good produce! I wish we had good tasting tomaotes around here.
At 18/11/06 17:41,
Anonymous said…
Will it really be eight whole months until tomatoes are back?
Sigh.
Good work, Sam.
At 18/11/06 20:09,
cookiecrumb said…
Your blog is getting too cool.
What are the rest of us to do?
Wah, jealous.
xx
At 19/11/06 00:05,
Anonymous said…
Freezing tomatoes is a great idea and is something I plan to do this year. It is early summer here in New Zealand and I am proud to say that I have grown my own tomatoes for a couple of years now. this year I am planning on having enough to freeze.
At 19/11/06 00:32,
shuna fish lydon said…
I love that your tomatoes are steaming little hearts.
At 19/11/06 04:17,
Anonymous said…
We picked up some "blushed tomatoes" on Portabello Road yesterday - something between fresh and sundried - a good fix for winter tomato cravings.
At 19/11/06 07:15,
Erielle said…
Those hearts are fantastic! They make me laugh lots.
At 19/11/06 09:40,
Anonymous said…
What a great idea, thats one heck of a pan to take 20lb in one batch.
At 19/11/06 09:51,
Rachael Narins said…
Doll face. I'm sure the slide show was lovely, but when I clicked on it, I got (I kid you not) an interesting pictorial of "Julian's B**tches" EEK. Tomatoes indeed.
Hee.
xoxox
Rachael
At 19/11/06 15:21,
Ayun Halliday said…
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At 19/11/06 15:24,
Ayun Halliday said…
and for those of us who missed the early girls, here's a for Muir Glen canned tomatoes, or love apples, as I believe they were known in the Renaissance.
oh my god, I've turned into my grandmother. (the coupon, not the Renaissance). I don't even have a working printer to print that sucker out...and even if I did, Brooklyn grocers can be so cruel.
Okay, off to get me an eyeful of that slideshow!
At 19/11/06 16:51,
Anonymous said…
interesting blog!
At 20/11/06 06:21,
wheresmymind said…
What a great name for a produce company :D
At 20/11/06 07:13,
xtinehlee said…
oh Sam, thanks for the farewell post to tomatoes! i love the fruit and the foods they become and all they symbolize. i thought of you as i grabbed the last early girls at the jack london farmer's market yesterday.
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