This year it's total tomato overkill in my garden - 75 plants in the greenhouse, 120 outside. 10+ cultivars

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Damn, that's a serious tomato operation you've got! If you run out of canning space, try sun-drying some - just slice, salt lightly, and leave in the sun (or low oven) - they shrink down to nothing and the flavor gets super concentrated, perfect for winter cooking when you miss that real tomato taste.

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    [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    That's a lot of tomatoes! What are you gonna do with all that?

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Eat as much as possible fresh, but that's hardly going to make a dent. The rest will be turned into passata, sauces, etc. I've got a lot of jars - I've been buying by literal pallet load.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Does your household use that much tomato goods through the year? Do you sell/ give away a good portion of that?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    No OP but we are a family of five. We grow a lot of our own and preserve it. We grow around 400 tomato plants a year. Cherry tomatoes and san Marzano paste as well as some favorite hierlooms. We make all our own pasta sauce, tomato paste, salsa, bruschetta, canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, pizza sauce, ketchup, sun dried tomatoes and whatever else I am forgetting. We use all our tomatoes in a year. Which is easily several hundred pounds.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Honest question: what does everyone do with those first green tomatoes?

    I get I'm fat and a woman, but don't get that.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Chow Chow is our traditional go to for green tomatoes. I'm really into green curry chow chow right now. Salsa Verde is also awesome as is roasted green tomato sauce.

    I'm not understanding what self depreciation has to do with green tomatoes however. You should be nicer to yourself.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Lucky, my fruit has just started setting, but it’s also not looking like a good year. Heat wave during the start and it’s been only 6c a few times the last couple weeks and they don’t like that.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Quick! Somebody give me a knife and a shaker of salt!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I absolutely love fried green tomatoes. This looks great!

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It does have some AIness to it, but I agree with other comments that it is most likely not. Maybe AI enhanced or sth

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    When the light isn't perfect noise reduction makes stuff a little plasticy. In this case it's a photo straight from Pixel 6a camera.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    We've reached the point where people who don't like AI see it around every corner, and peeking in every window. It's there, at the edge of their vision, but when they turn their heads to look at it...

    Nothing...

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