When life gives you green tomatoes, you might as well make Green Tomato Cake and Green Tomato Chutney. Some people would also make Green Tomato Pickles. I probably should have. Here, in any case, is the story.
The setup
Sure, I told my sister. I’ll take some of your green tomatoes. Don’t just throw them out. Yea, [...]
Great green tomatoes! Bring out the canner and cake pan! (And the relish tips…)
October 15th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Food preparation, Food selection, local food, recipes
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Serendipity yields delicious tomato concoction
August 29th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
I had 1 pound of gorgeous little plum tomatoes and no good plan for their use. So I decided to do a mini-version of Joanne’s tomato sauce (go to the comments on the post for the directions). She had 25 pounds of tomatoes to my 1 pound, but I figured the basic approach would work, [...]
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Summertime, and the eating is easy
August 18th, 2008 · 6 Comments · recipes
Try this simple sandwich, which is as good-tasting as it is simple to make. As gardens burst with the most delectable of produce, this is just one of many fabulous dishes that can be had with a minimum of effort.
Tomato-feta-basil sandwich
For each sandwich:
2 slices excellent bread (I used WheatFields‘ Country French bread)
1 ounce (approximately) feta, [...]