It's beginning to look a lot like FALL! A.k.a. my favorite time of year. I know it's not quite here, but look at this week's CSA spread. The veggies are definitely changing. This is my half... can we say sweet potato season? This week we got raw peanuts (gave to a friend), watermelon, sweet potatoes x100, a lone cucumber, a summer squash which I promptly devoured at dinner, some gourd-y looking thing that I found out is a delicata squash, eggplant, patty pan squash, and one tomato. Tomato season is slowing down, which means...
It's time for canning! That's right folks, I am no longer a canning-virgin. My good friend/coworker, Roxanna, came over yesterday and gave me a lesson in canning. And the good news is, they all sealed! It was way easier than I thought it was going to be. Here I am pretending to work...
First we got the tomatoes good and hot. Then we put them under cold water which made the skin peel right off and chopped them up.
Once they were all chopped, we put them over the stove and stewed them.
Now here is a lesson in "modern" canning. You don't have to have special, fancy equipment. While the tomatoes were cooking, we filled our jars about 1/3 full with water and heated them for about 10 minutes in the microwave until they were scalding hot. When the tomatoes were done, I would get a heated jar, dump out the water, and fill with tomatoes. Roxanna would then sprinkle salt on top and put the lid on. The last step was putting them upside down, like so...
I let them stay like that for 24 hours, just to be on the safe side as botulism is not something I want to experience out of life. Today I checked the seal and they ALL- every single one- sealed! I wasn't expecting that the first time. Aren't they pretty? I think I may have a new addiction... 
2 comments:
Yeay for canning! Way to go! You will really love having these in the dead of winter.
I have to say we're pretty awesome!
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