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[Smokerbill]

looks beautiful! Interesting jars. They look like quarts to me.

Thanks. They're just regular Kerr pint mason jars, the kind of square ones. I wish they were filled quarts. That would mean less canning in the future. LOL

 

[PopoMyers]

Thanks. They're just regular Kerr pint mason jars, the kind of square ones. I wish they were filled quarts. That would mean less canning in the future. LOL

Did you reduce the 1.5 gallons to make the 7 pints?

 

[Smokerbill]

Did you reduce the 1.5 gallons to make the 7 pints?

With the fresh tomatoes I added to the frozen ones I actually started out with closer to 1.75 gallons of crushed tomatoes, which reduced down to 7 pint jars plus 1 quart I put in the fridge.

So 14 pints were reduced down to 9 pints. The tomatoes weren't paste tomatoes, but mostly cherry type tomatoes so they were pretty juicy.

 

[ValerieJ]

With the fresh tomatoes I added to the frozen ones I actually started out with closer to 1.75 gallons of crushed tomatoes, which reduced down to 7 pint jars plus 1 quart I put in the fridge.

So 14 pints were reduced down to 9 pints. The tomatoes weren't paste tomatoes, but mostly cherry type tomatoes so they were pretty juicy.

I can't imagine how good cherry tomato sauce would be. I never tried that before. I would have thought the skins would be a problem, but I think you said you cooked them and then ran them through a sieve to get the skins and seeds out. Is that right? It sounds amazing.

 

[Smokerbill]

I can't imagine how good cherry tomato sauce would be. I never tried that before. I would have thought the skins would be a problem, but I think you said you cooked them and then ran them through a sieve to get the skins and seeds out. Is that right? It sounds amazing.

Nope. I strained out the skins and seeds, liquified them in my blender then added them back to the sauce.

The sauce is overly bitter, probably because of a high ratio of skins/seed to tomato pulp/flesh of the small tomatoes. It will be a lot of work, but I'll remove the skins and seeds from the small tomatoes in my next batch of sauce.

I don't know if I'll eat the skins and seeds somehow myself or give them to the chickens. Seeds and skins have a lot of nutrients. That's why I left them in this first batch of sauce, but I didn't think doing so would add so much bitterness.

ETA: After thawing, the frozen crushed tomatoes released a lot of liquid. I should've strained out the clear liquid and reduced it in a separate saucepan. It could be reduced on higher heat with less worry of scorching, then added to the cooking, strained tomatoes. Might've sped up the reducing process.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I am not a skilled chef but I only add big tomato.
I cook my sauce medium heat stir then add a small can of tomato paste to thicken it.
We are headed to Costco shopping.

 

[ValerieJ]

Nope. I strained out the skins and seeds, liquified them in my blender then added them back to the sauce.

The sauce is overly bitter, probably because of a high ratio of skins/seed to tomato pulp/flesh of the small tomatoes. It will be a lot of work, but I'll remove the skins and seeds from the small tomatoes in my next batch of sauce.

I don't know if I'll eat the skins and seeds somehow myself or give them to the chickens. Seeds and skins have a lot of nutrients. That's why I left them in this first batch of sauce, but I didn't think doing so would add so much bitterness.

ETA: After thawing, the frozen crushed tomatoes released a lot of liquid. I should've strained out the clear liquid and reduced it in a separate saucepan. It could be reduced on higher heat with less worry of scorching, then added to the cooking, strained tomatoes. Might've sped up the reducing process.

I would do an internet search on giving tomato skins to the hens. I remember reading they aren't good for them in my early days when I was trying to figure out what veggies I could treat them with. But that was a long time ago, so check it out for yourself. Don't take my word for it.

 

[Hinotori]

Mom uses all tomatoes for her sauce. She squeezes out most of the seeds at the start. She's the only one in the family that had many tomatoes this year. Pots and chicken manure fertilizer. Drip irrigation set up so that helped too

 

[PopoMyers]

I grew romas a couple years ago, and ran them all through the Vitamix, then reduced. I won't have to grow anymore until maybe next year, if I feel like it. Having less of a need to can a lot with less people in the household.

 

[Smokerbill]

I got the new thermostat installed on my truck today and replaced the air filter. Runnin' cool now!

Here are the yellow tomatoes on a Black Krim tomato plant I started from seed, and Black Krim tomatoes that are the correct color. I'm saving seeds from the yellow ones and growing them next year. I'm hoping they'll be yellow too. Kinda cool!