Remember I said that nothing goes as planned? Remember too that I was planning to can 44 pounds of tomatoes? Yeah, well, so it didn't go as planned. See, there were really 88 pounds of tomatoes, but half of those were going to be canned on Friday when my daughter came over. After I spent a miserable day working on the tomatoes, trying to figure out if I could meet this challenge, I found out that she wouldn't be able to make it. Next morning I was up early with plans to can the remainder of the tomatoes. I did manage to can all but 23 pounds, and it only took me until 10 p.m.
Now that didn't include clean-up. We are talking about tomatoes in a lot of places, cabinets, dishwasher door, floor, and a ton of pots and pans and bowls. Squeezing seeds out of tomatoes is not exactly the cleanest thing to do.
Aah, but it was nice to get the kitchen all clean again. But then, I still had 23 pounds of tomatoes left. Sauce really sounded good, so I started at it again. Thinking about pizza with pepperoni kept me going. Plus I managed to get a pot full of tomato juice.
Even though I have done this in the past, I learned a lot. One thing I learned for now anyway is never bite off more than you can chew. This probably was a decent amount to work with, but due to not having done this in a long while it took a bit longer. If my tomatoes in my garden do well then I am now prepared.
Two sites that helped me along and also to know food safety I've posted here.
http://www.pickyourown.org/canning_tomatoes.htm
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/index.html
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