Making up for the lack of vegetables from the Farmer's Market yesterday, we* realized it was tomato soup weekend** this weekend.
So we came home with 75 lbs of tomatoes and commenced canning. This is one of my favorite fall events, though I'm always very tired at the end of it all.
At the market, we decided it was silly to carry the tomatoes any farther than we had to, so I stood with the bags and R got the car. Several people looked oddly at me (grinning broadly) and all my tomatoes.
I am home now with 11 quarts of soup and a gallon bag full of tomatoes I'll do something else with tonight or tomorrow.
The something else will probably involve cumin, toasted onion flakes, and polenta which was a lovely combination when I created it last month. Delicious served with broccoli.
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rmnilsson and I.
** You can always tell, the farmer's market has baskets full of slightly spotty tomatoes for ridiculously low prices. Usually the first weekend after a frost.
So we came home with 75 lbs of tomatoes and commenced canning. This is one of my favorite fall events, though I'm always very tired at the end of it all.
At the market, we decided it was silly to carry the tomatoes any farther than we had to, so I stood with the bags and R got the car. Several people looked oddly at me (grinning broadly) and all my tomatoes.
I am home now with 11 quarts of soup and a gallon bag full of tomatoes I'll do something else with tonight or tomorrow.
The something else will probably involve cumin, toasted onion flakes, and polenta which was a lovely combination when I created it last month. Delicious served with broccoli.
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** You can always tell, the farmer's market has baskets full of slightly spotty tomatoes for ridiculously low prices. Usually the first weekend after a frost.