green tomatoes

It has been a great summer for tomatoes.

I put in around thirty plants; twelve of them being "Amish Paste". This has proven to be a winner for sauces and all kinds of cooking, as there is a lot of meaty paste & very little seeds.

We experimented by canning home-made ketchup. Why not?

It got the thumbs up from me; the rest of the family thought it was a great dipping sauce, but it's still not the same stuff as Heinz.

Ketchup Babies.

Anyway.

Last week, I trolled in all the green tomatoes & prowled the web for what to make with them. I was enamored with this recipe, perhaps only because of the web design. But really, the recipe sounded great.

I made 14 pints and dubbed it "Green Tomato Salsa" -because that's the way we will use it! We scarfed up two pints already, accompanied by two bags of white tortilla chips.

Now some of you will say, "this entry doesn't say ANYTHING about the new addition!" and you woulds be correct. The back wing looked really good for two days, and then all the mess began again: trim, carpet, paint, wood-stove pipe, and putting together the Lord of the Manor's office.

It is presently in a state of disarray, believe me. Better to talk about green tomatoes!