{"id":514,"date":"2007-08-08T20:24:38","date_gmt":"2007-08-08T20:24:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-29T20:26:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T01:26:16","slug":"what-to-do-with-all-those-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2007\/08\/08\/what-to-do-with-all-those-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do with all those tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/08\/08\/tomatoesgalore_5.jpg\" title=\"\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" title=\"Tomatoesgalore_5\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/tomatoesgalore_5.jpg\" alt=\"Tomatoesgalore_5\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> The Senate may not vote on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/trade\/farmbill\/index.htm\">Farm Bill<\/a> until September, but meanwhile &#8211; if your kitchen looks like mine &#8211; the tomatoes are taking over! Or, if not, you could soon have this blessed problem by inquiring about a neighbor&#8217;s tomatoes or buying a bushel at a farm market.<\/p>\n<p>After a couple trips to my garden (there are a few volunteer Riesentraube tomato plants in front, and some heavy producers out back &#8211; Wickline Cherries, Amish Paste and Glacier), the kitchen counter becomes completely overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what to do with all those tomatoes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can can them, cook them down and freeze or can them, or &#8211; by far the simplest thing to do if you are too rushed for the above:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Place them onto a cookie sheet<\/li>\n<li>Put them in the freezer<\/li>\n<li>When they are hard as rock, toss them into a plastic bag (make sure there are no holes)<\/li>\n<li>Or use them to practice your golf stroke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seriously, just put the bag back in the freezer for future juicing, soups, sauces and canning if you wish. And give thanks for God&#8217;s abundant Creation.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. I order heirloom seeds from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernexposure.com\/\">Southern Exposure Seed Exchange<\/a> in Mineral, Virginia partly because the climate is similar to ours in Louisville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate may not vote on the Farm Bill until September, but meanwhile &#8211; if your kitchen looks like mine &#8211; the tomatoes are taking over! 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