I thought I was confident enough to do this on my own

[Guest guest]

So I had this great idea to make my own spaghetti sauce from homegrown tomatoes.

I'm a

good cook, so I figured I could do it on my own. I rarely use a recipe when

cooking

anyway. What I did was freeze the tomatoes whole as I harvested them. I just

kept a gallon

size freezer bag in the kitchen freezer, and when it was full, I moved it to the

garage

freezer, and started a new one. I ended up with 3 full bags. Yesterday, I took

the frozen

toms, and blanched them in boiling water for 20 seconds, then plunged them in

ice water.

I was amazed, the skins slipped off so easy! I have done this with fresh toms,

but this was

like...wow. Anyway, I let them thaw overnight, because I wanted to remove the

seeds. I did

that today, and have all that hard work in my 5 qt crockpot. My plan is to cook

this down

to a sauce consistency and then season it. Well, now after all my hard work, I

want to make

sure I'm on the right track. I would just cry if I ended up throwing it all out.

So, does

anyone have any suggestions?

 

 

TIA!!

 

Paige in Ohio, itching to get out in the garden!!

[Guest guest]

Well, this is after the fact. I whirred them up in the blender and then

froze them. Took up less room. Of course you could put them through the

blender and then cook them down and then freeze but I never did.

 

Barbara in California

 

 

 

 

At 04:04 PM 2/6/05, you wrote:

 

>So I had this great idea to make my own spaghetti sauce from homegrown

>tomatoes. I'm a

>good cook, so I figured I could do it on my own. I rarely use a recipe

>when cooking

>anyway. What I did was freeze the tomatoes whole as I harvested them. I

>just kept a gallon

>size freezer bag in the kitchen freezer, and when it was full, I moved it

>to the garage

>freezer, and started a new one. I ended up with 3 full bags. Yesterday, I

>took the frozen

>toms, and blanched them in boiling water for 20 seconds, then plunged them

>in ice water.

>I was amazed, the skins slipped off so easy! I have done this with fresh

>toms, but this was

>like...wow. Anyway, I let them thaw overnight, because I wanted to remove

>the seeds. I did

>that today, and have all that hard work in my 5 qt crockpot. My plan is to

>cook this down

>to a sauce consistency and then season it. Well, now after all my hard

>work, I want to make

>sure I'm on the right track. I would just cry if I ended up throwing it

>all out. So, does

>anyone have any suggestions?

>

>

>TIA!!

>

>Paige in Ohio, itching to get out in the garden!!

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

after they had been crocking for awhile, I hit them with my submergable stick

blender.

Worked like a charm

 

 

, Barbara & George Grenier

<grenier@e...> wrote:

> Well, this is after the fact. I whirred them up in the blender and then

> froze them. Took up less room. Of course you could put them through the

> blender and then cook them down and then freeze but I never did.

>

> Barbara in California

>

>

>

>

> At 04:04 PM 2/6/05, you wrote:

>

> >So I had this great idea to make my own spaghetti sauce from homegrown

> >tomatoes. I'm a

> >good cook, so I figured I could do it on my own. I rarely use a recipe

> >when cooking

> >anyway. What I did was freeze the tomatoes whole as I harvested them. I

> >just kept a gallon

> >size freezer bag in the kitchen freezer, and when it was full, I moved it

> >to the garage

> >freezer, and started a new one. I ended up with 3 full bags. Yesterday, I

> >took the frozen

> >toms, and blanched them in boiling water for 20 seconds, then plunged them

> >in ice water.

> >I was amazed, the skins slipped off so easy! I have done this with fresh

> >toms, but this was

> >like...wow. Anyway, I let them thaw overnight, because I wanted to remove

> >the seeds. I did

> >that today, and have all that hard work in my 5 qt crockpot. My plan is to

> >cook this down

> >to a sauce consistency and then season it. Well, now after all my hard

> >work, I want to make

> >sure I'm on the right track. I would just cry if I ended up throwing it

> >all out. So, does

> >anyone have any suggestions?

> >

> >

> >TIA!!

> >

> >Paige in Ohio, itching to get out in the garden!!

>

>

>

>