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Salt is a Dangerous Ingredient
Aug. 26th, 2010 07:03 pmRight, so obviously I hit that What was I thinking?! portion of the harvest season last night (or, er, this morning, actually). It probably didn't help that the day before had been a full day in and of itself for entirely different reasons - yearly vet check-up for the pups in the morning, followed a few hours later by a trip to Toledo with D which included a movie (INCEPTION!), which meant we didn't make it home until 10pm.
The rest of the story starts with the fact that I was dealing with 73 pounds (33.1 kg) of tomatoes. At this point I get a bit flaily and whimpering, but I shall try to articulate the factors that led to v. small nervous breakdown.
( Adventures in Canning: The Spaghetti Sauce Edition )
Here's the part where you appreciate just how much liquid is in tomatoes though: from 73 pounds of tomatoes, 10 quart jars of canned whole tomatoes, and 5 quart jars of tomato juice the resulting product was... 9 quart jars of spaghetti sauce. Which isn't even one a month for the next year, although I do have some other thin sauce that's mostly for baking pasta, so I'm calling it good. Just... *flail*
Tomato adventures still to happen: ketchup, salsa, whole canned tomatoes (now that I've used them all), tomato soup, and roasting some (possibly for the ketchup and soup). Not that I've ever canned ketchup, salsa, or tomato soup, mind you.
I never claimed sanity.
The rest of the story starts with the fact that I was dealing with 73 pounds (33.1 kg) of tomatoes. At this point I get a bit flaily and whimpering, but I shall try to articulate the factors that led to v. small nervous breakdown.
( Adventures in Canning: The Spaghetti Sauce Edition )
Here's the part where you appreciate just how much liquid is in tomatoes though: from 73 pounds of tomatoes, 10 quart jars of canned whole tomatoes, and 5 quart jars of tomato juice the resulting product was... 9 quart jars of spaghetti sauce. Which isn't even one a month for the next year, although I do have some other thin sauce that's mostly for baking pasta, so I'm calling it good. Just... *flail*
Tomato adventures still to happen: ketchup, salsa, whole canned tomatoes (now that I've used them all), tomato soup, and roasting some (possibly for the ketchup and soup). Not that I've ever canned ketchup, salsa, or tomato soup, mind you.
I never claimed sanity.
