There is only one fresh tomato left in my kitchen right now, and that's for my lunch. Both of my crockpots are full of sauce in the making and simmering away. The big soup pot is on the stove, filled with the last batch of the day, which will soon be ready to puree with my immersion blender and run through the colander. I can't believe I've had that immersion blender in the kitchen drawer all these years and never thought to use it for the tomato juice/sauce! I can't remember what blog I was reading recently that reminded me to try it, but whoever you are, thank you! Previous to using that, I was cooking down the tomatoes and running them through the colander, which was giving me a really thin juice and wasting a lot of good pulp. Now I use the stick blender to puree skin and all, so only the seeds and a small amount of skin get removed by the colander, making a lovely, thick juice.
Oooops!
Guess what happens when writing a blog takes one away from the stove.
The pot isn't quite so full now.
Yucky mess.Well, with that cleaned up, and everything under control once more, the phone rang and my daughter wanted me to go to Costco with her. I turned everything on low, and left Mr. Granny in charge. I kept my fingers crossed that the large crockpot would hold together until its batch of sauce was finished. I had noticed a fine crack in the crock, and it has gone all the way through the to the bottom but not up the sides. It looks like a new crockpot is in my future. That's one appliance I wouldn't want to be without.
The pot of apple butter that I was cooking yesterday gave me five pints. I'd love to make more, but the jar situation is getting really bad around here, and I really don't think I want to buy more of them. I rummaged through cupboards this morning, and found probably enough pint jars for today's tomato sauce, and I have a few more quart jars for juice. After that, if I can't find room in the freezer, I'll have to give most of the tomatoes away.
The pot of apple butter that I was cooking yesterday gave me five pints. I'd love to make more, but the jar situation is getting really bad around here, and I really don't think I want to buy more of them. I rummaged through cupboards this morning, and found probably enough pint jars for today's tomato sauce, and I have a few more quart jars for juice. After that, if I can't find room in the freezer, I'll have to give most of the tomatoes away.
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