tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post1703716665476787046..comments2023-06-05T16:18:39.636+02:00Comments on Snippets from me: Singed tomatoes, and wood piles......Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-28496157465098837052016-09-08T08:38:25.268+02:002016-09-08T08:38:25.268+02:00KEV, I have never seen green topped Amish Paste to...KEV, I have never seen green topped Amish Paste tomatoes, so perhaps yours are a special kind!<br /><br />KERRY, it is such a fast way to skin tomatoes....yesterday I skinned a batch in the time it would have taken me to boil a pan of water if I was using the hot water method to skin them!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-84361968249025002352016-09-07T17:05:33.505+02:002016-09-07T17:05:33.505+02:00I've never seen tomatoes skinned like that bef...I've never seen tomatoes skinned like that before, thanks for the tip. I generally freeze mine with the skin on as I use them for pasta sauce, soup etc.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018609709080980312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-70553870441830462142016-09-01T12:09:15.717+02:002016-09-01T12:09:15.717+02:00Your amish paste look every different to mine! Min...Your amish paste look every different to mine! Mine are a dark green on top. Makes me wonder if mind were what they said on the packet. I need to double the amount I grow to can some!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-774026298812019732016-09-01T08:53:32.707+02:002016-09-01T08:53:32.707+02:00COCO, our tomatoes cropped well this year, and are...COCO, our tomatoes cropped well this year, and are still doing so, but last year they didn't and I ended up with using them up as green tomatoes. Fried up, and they were delicious, in fact tastier than the ripe ones. <br /><br />DIANE, singeing the tomatoes took no time at all, but the rest of the harvest of tomatoes I shall leave the skins on because I shall only be storing small quantities at any one time, which shall be used for soup. Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-1503557138235480362016-08-31T17:51:17.794+02:002016-08-31T17:51:17.794+02:00PS Forgot to add that N splits wood with a hefty c...PS Forgot to add that N splits wood with a hefty cold chisel and a heavy hammer, no problems to date!Rhodesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159888599601532530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-33805599412819223142016-08-31T17:43:29.950+02:002016-08-31T17:43:29.950+02:00Hi Vera, you are so energetic, unless I am using h...Hi Vera, you are so energetic, unless I am using huge tomatoes which are easy to skin I throw skins and all in. Everything is for our own use so what if we get a bit of skin as well. I only use them for sauces or ratatouille bottling so it makes little difference to us. I seldom make soup as I have enough of other kinds of soup that do not need skinning!!<br />Hope all is well, take care and have a good week. Diane Rhodesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159888599601532530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-21236314977602088732016-08-30T10:17:08.771+02:002016-08-30T10:17:08.771+02:00Rather to my surprise, we have quite a few tomatoe...Rather to my surprise, we have quite a few tomatoes, but until this week they´ve refused to turn red. Now I shall have to consider how to preserve them. It´s always something, isn´t it?<br /><br />Well done to both of you!Cocohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002346978289429622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-87820969721419786292016-08-30T08:49:44.072+02:002016-08-30T08:49:44.072+02:00JESSICA, log splitters are expensive to buy here i...JESSICA, log splitters are expensive to buy here in France, so we are holding off buying one for the moment. But there is something about seeing one's man hefting an axe!!!!!!<br /><br />JANICE, thanks for the info, and will have a look at the sauce maker later. Would love to read the blog you mentioned.....we will never go off grid, but I am a senior citizen as well and always feel inspired by what others are doing who are in my age group!<br /><br />LaPré DeLa Forge, I have passed on the info to Lester.....we shall get a log splitter eventually, but the info you gave him about 'wedging and mauling' might help him along meanwhile!<br /><br />ANNE, I found that it was faster to singe the tomatoes, which does not affect the flavour as it is just the outside of the tomato that is being heated up, which lessens the tendency for the tomatoes to go pulpy.... something which seemed to happen a lot when using the hot water method, but that might just be me and the way I did it!<br />Sorry to hear about the mango disaster....I was worried about the tomatoes not having enough juice in the jars so I added some hot water to the jars before sealing them. Gosh, I do feel for you...after a day of working on preserving the fruit and then to lose it would have made me feel not a happy bunny!<br />As for the chickens........have some news which I shall post in a future blog!<br /><br />CRO MAGNON, I was going to keep the skins on, but thought I wouldn't this time! I didn't put into jars any whole tomatoes, but will next year, and these I shall do with their skins on, as you do, ..... thanks for the suggestion.<br />Happy chain sawing!<br /><br />DAWN, I did almost lose the will to live mid way through processing this lot, which is why I had a nap! And this was the second batch I had done! Moving outside to prep the veg has not been an option for me because of the chickens and geese poo everywhere, but next year we intend to remedy that situation..... and bless our men folk working on our wood piles!<br /><br />Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-23729551683420468352016-08-30T08:18:36.253+02:002016-08-30T08:18:36.253+02:00Also meant to say love the log pile such a a lot o...Also meant to say love the log pile such a a lot of work Lester has put in, Martin is logging all the time building up the stores for winter Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-44033312899022579922016-08-30T08:16:47.897+02:002016-08-30T08:16:47.897+02:00I only had a small quantity of tomatoes to do, thi...I only had a small quantity of tomatoes to do, think I would had lost to will to live with all those you had, I find moving outside to process made the job more pleasant Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-82379587486269412792016-08-30T05:52:32.787+02:002016-08-30T05:52:32.787+02:00My Tomatoes get processed complete with their skin...My Tomatoes get processed complete with their skins. I do litre bottles of just plain Tomato which later become Tomato soup; these I pass through a sieve, when being used, to take out the skins. All the others are consumed skins-n-all.<br /><br />My chainsaw comes out today or tomorrow. Make logs while the sun shines. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-42168052483996408752016-08-30T05:05:05.458+02:002016-08-30T05:05:05.458+02:00I use the hot water method for tomatoes simply bec...I use the hot water method for tomatoes simply because I can do a few kg at a time. Does the scorching bring out the flavour? I use an Australian preserver which works a treat for tomatoes and basil but I just lost 20kg of mangoes which took me a day to do. I suspect I should have added water to the juice pulp. The lids popped :( it seems that your place has dried off pretty quickly. Any news on the chook run? I'm following that with interest as I love poultry. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656846246448269135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-81339847180576104452016-08-30T00:08:25.939+02:002016-08-30T00:08:25.939+02:00Don't axe... wedge and maul!!
I use a "gr...Don't axe... wedge and maul!!<br />I use a "grenade" style splitting wedge and a 15lb Maul...<br />followed by a Merlin [a splitting hammer] for the final sizes...<br />For the really large bits, Pauline uses her "ski machine"... a ten-tonne, hand-operated, hydraulic splitter!<br />An axe is much too thin to split wood and it is extremely tiring as a result.<br />Use the axe for kindling, yes... you need the control.Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-23072134219750724222016-08-29T23:27:38.928+02:002016-08-29T23:27:38.928+02:00My goodness you have both been working so hard! H...My goodness you have both been working so hard! Have you ever considered buying one of these?<br />https://www.amazon.com/VICTORIO-VKP250-Strainer-Sauce-Maker/dp/B001I7FP54<br />I've read about other bloggers using them and they seem to do a really good job if you want to make tomato sauce.<br />This is also a great blog about a couple homesteading, off grid, in the USA. It is mind boggling how much canning and preserving she does, and she's a senior citizen! You might want to check it out. Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465050441931715127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-44251449120583636602016-08-29T21:48:34.428+02:002016-08-29T21:48:34.428+02:00Has Lester looked at log splitters? Not nearly as ...Has Lester looked at log splitters? Not nearly as expensive as I'd envisaged and so so easy. Even I could do it and that's saying something. rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.com