The dried tomatoes blended up into a nice powder. We're calling tomato power! It turned out well and I am sure it is going to work in my experiment very well. It's pretty potent stuff. We'll have to use it in small amounts.
I decided half the tomatoes needed to wait another day to be all the way ripe. There were enough to can 14 jars of tomatoes and a big pot of spagghetti sauce. The kids love homemade spagghetti sauce with peppers and eggplant, zucchini and homegrown herbs in it.
I am thinking there just might be something to the theory that the Night Shade family of vegetables are not good for arthritis. I have been eating an abundance of peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and some potatoes. I have a few knuckles that are more sore and swollen than usual, too.
Boy! I've been doing a great job of burning off all the hair on my knuckles. Everytime I light the canner, Whamp! There goes the hair on a few more fingers. I think I might have figured it out why I was having so much trouble lighting the silly thing. The propane tank was nearly empty.....and now it is empty. In fact, it didn't finish the tomato job. I don't know how long it sat there. It seemed obvious that it boiled 'cause the jars sealed in the pot... ( how come I don't know for sure?) But one must be cautious with tomatoes. I certainly didn't want to go and fill the tank. After all, I would have had to drive the 1/2 mile to the gas station!!! Worse yet I would have had to unhook the propane tank from the stove and I hate doing that. But my real handy excuse was that I think my husband has to take a look at the hose before I use it again. It's full of cracks. SO, I finished the job on my stove top. Yep! my glasstop. Nope, it didn't crack. Good thing. I would have had a hard time explaining that one!
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Posted by Ann @His Grace To Me on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 12:15 - Link
What variety of tomatoes did you dry and how long did it take? I've wanted to try drying tomatoes, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm happily canning tomatoes outdoors with my new burner- just in time, because the freezer can't hold another bag of tomatoes!
I haven't forgotten about the tortilla tutorial, I hope to get to it this week.
