Sunday 20 August 2023

Tomatoes and more tomatoes... oh, and some brambles from the garden

 


Including some of the above, I have frozen 8lbs so far, simply chopped and bagged. Supposed to work.

First bowl of our own brambles, another one to pick today methinks:

Despite some days being quite hot, Autumn is approaching, you can feel and see it in the dewy mornings and in the changing of the garden. Also, it is now completely dark by 9pm.


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  1. Sue in Suffolk20 August 2023 at 09:21

    Thats a good mix of colours of tomatoes although I reckon the brown/black look slightly evil!

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    1. Dc21 August 2023 at 08:28

      Won't be growing them again as they split too easily.

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  2. Sooze20 August 2023 at 11:49

    I'm very envious of everyone's home grown produce, having done none of our own this year. Hopefully we will be able to grow stuff again when we (finally) move.

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    1. Dc21 August 2023 at 08:29

      Hopefully so. We are still trying to lesson our flowering plants as we are finding it more difficult to do it all.

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  3. Mrs LH20 August 2023 at 14:21

    Like you, we have a big tomato glut, despite giving loads away. I've roasted & frozen some. Can you enlighten me on your method, do you cook or skin them first? I don't want to waste any.

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    1. Dc21 August 2023 at 08:29

      Susan below has answered but I cored and roughly chopped mine before freezing as we don't mind the skins.

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  4. Susan Heather20 August 2023 at 21:23

    Tomatoes freeze well raw. I just remove the core, pop in bags and freeze. When I need some I take them out pour boiling water on them and the skins come off easily.

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    1. Dc21 August 2023 at 08:30

      You mean freeze them whole? I don't have alot of freezer room so chopped mine.

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    2. Susan Heather21 August 2023 at 22:38

      Yes, I freeze them whole or larger ones halved to fit in bags easier - makes it easy to peel them but I see above you are not worried about the peel. I hope we have a good summer ahead. This year we had over a year's rain in the first 6 months (New Zealand.)

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  5. Jackie21 August 2023 at 02:21

    We have a glut of tomatoes also. Then there are all the eggplants. Oh my, I am hoping to give some of those eggplants away as I already have 11 trays of Parma in the fridge and really don't need anymore.

    God bless.

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    1. Dc21 August 2023 at 08:30

      What is Parma?

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    2. Gill26 August 2023 at 23:20

      I would guess at parmigiano, really lovely dish with sliced aubergine, mozzarella, tomato sauce and basil.

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    3. Dc27 August 2023 at 07:36

      Thanks.

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