My tomatoes were a variety of sizes- the biggest there was about the size of my fist:
My big bowl full of tomatoes!
All cut up with onions, sugar, salt, and pickling spices stewing away. Those white pouches are finger gauze Matt got for me and the pickling spices are tied up in there.
Rose hips on to boil. Turning these to puree is a bit of work. You have to simmer them for about 1/2 an hour, then run them through a blender and finally push them through a sieve to get ride of the tonnes of seeds. Then the puree was combined with cooked rhubarb, sugar and pectin to make a wonderful jam full of vitamin C!
The final product! Only a couple jars of chow didn't seal so they are in my fridge ready for me to devour.
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Chow? What do you use it with? Like relish?
Wow! I love canning food for the winter. Have you ever used a food mill? I think it would help with rose hips instead of pushing them through a sieve.
I don't think I ate one fresh tomato this year. How sad is that?
Jen: Oh no, I am not wonder woman! I just have an awesome husband who is playing with the boy and cleaning the house while I get to cook!
Deiss: And chow is like a relish! Super yummy on meats and chicken and well just out of the jar!
In Iqaluit: I have a little food mill for hunter, but I think the seeds would just plug it up! I ended up using my metal strainer. It is kind of soft and the mesh and pretty fine. I just dumped it in and spread it around with a wooden spoon. Worked well! And that is really sad that you didn't have one fresh tomato!!!
We have tonnes of rosehips here, as you may remember, what do I do with them? Do they need sweetening? Now that I have conquered Peach Jam I am ready to try anything!!!
Hello again!
We have a baby food mill too but I was thinking about something like this http://www.amazon.com/Wearever-Mirro-50024-Quart-Stainless/dp/B000LNUM8Q
It can sit on top of a pot too. It's great to use for anything -- even things with seeds and peels. The mesh catches it all.
PS: Even though I haven't eaten a really fresh tomato (oh, I haven't had fresh corn either!), I had LOTS of fresh wild blueberries this summer.
Forcing the rose hip sludge through the metal strainer is a good approach. That's how we made our rose hip spread the last time we did it. You definitely don't want those "itchy bum" seeds to be all blended up in your jam.
Thanks In Iqaluit! That does look pretty nifty- I think it will go on my Christmas list.
Michael- oh yes- you want to avoid "itchy bum" at all costs! Although, eating too much of this jam can have a bit of the same effect!
I love the pictures of the tomatoes. It looks like Cingular's "raise the bar". :)
Love the repurposing of finger size gauze from the health centre for putting the pickling spices in. Now what creative cooking or household repurposing can you two find for other health centre items??!!
I am not sure what is in the chow but it looks good. A recipe my nonna gave me for green tomatoes (to be eaten right away) is to peel the tomatoes, chop and put in a large frying pan, then add one chopped onion, eggplant and green pepper. Salt and pepper it. Then cook .. slooooooowly for a good couple hours on low low heat. Stirring occasionally. If the water gets to be too much then drain it. Once everything is literally mush, sprinkle parmasean cheese on there and serve... I can't even remember the name of what it's called. I call it green mush. But I love it. :) Love you blog too btw! I've been following (well lurking) since the NWT.
Melissa
Thanks Melissa! That sounds really delicious!
Green tomato chow!!! I haven't seen that since I was a teenager.... I didn't know that a Yukoner would ever make such a thing.
We used to eat it with every meal, I swear. I thought it was strictly a east coast food.
Sigh. Now I miss it all.
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