I'm very excited by the one deal I did find today. The organic Roma tomatoes. They were on sale 2 pounds for a dollar. As I approached the produce bin where they were, I was imagining all kinds of wonderful things I could make with those Romas. All that imagining got a bit out of control, and I realized there just were not enough tomatoes in the bin for all that imagining. So I did something about all that imagining. I asked the produce girl if they had cases of those Romas in the back and how much did they weigh. She came back and told me they weighed 22 pounds each, so that would be eleven dollars a case. Without even thinking I told her I'd take two.
Again, this is one of those things about me that is a bit embarrassing. I can't help it, but really, it was quite exciting to be walking out with that many tomatoes. I excitedly called my daughter, and she in turn got excited and was already planning a day to come down so we could do some canning. In fact, she already knew that she wanted them diced. That is great since diced can be used in so many dinner recipes. I was imagining a bit of everthing. There is sauce, ketchup, diced, whole, salsa, soup and just spiced up tomatoes.
I got home with my wonderful Romas and we opened the box. They all looked wonderful and immediately had to try one with our lunch. It was perfect, almost like I'd just picked it. Which means we don't want to wait too long to can these so to ensure we have the best tasting canned tomatoes possible. As I hurriedly checked online for a great recipe for canning my tomatoes, I realized there was one thing I wasn't very smart about. It takes a lot of tomatoes to make a few jars. Of course it varies depending on how much water is in the tomato and the size so there is no exact science to this. What I did find out is that I'd get about 14 pint jars worth from 44 pounds of whole tomatoes. That just didn't seem like enough, so after digging all my canning jars out of the garage, and doing a little bit of math, I realized, I had enough jars to buy two more cases of tomatoes.
So, four cases of tomatoes should get us around 30 pints canned. And here's a cheesy grin to show off those four cases.
If I were to buy organic tomatoes in a jar it would be way past what I would want to pay. Usually the closest I can come to easy prep from a can is Muir Glen, and only their sauce comes in a jar. I prefer to cut down on anything in a can because of the BPA's that are released into our food.
Well, you know what I'll be doing tomorrow. A bit of work, easy enough, and it will be well worth it.
As for Earthgrown Market, they will be having a Midnight Madness Sale on Friday, June 17 from 9 pm to midnight. They will be closed from 8pm to 9pm to get ready for this sale. Not sure if I can make that, and if anyone does come and let us know how it was.
Here's a link for Boney's website in case you don't have an ad.
http://www.boneysmarketplace.com/events.aspx
Oh, I'll be back to let you know how the tomato canning went, and how many pints we actually do get from 44 pounds of tomatoes.
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