Comments on: Bottling Your Own Tomatoes…

By: susaan

susaan — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:29:19 +0000

I live in Valencia Spain & this is our first year growing our own tomatoes. We have so many of them that we have tried bottling them but not very good results -once the jar is packed with the tomatoes the jar fills with water. Is it better to blanche the tomatoes then freeze them? Any advice available from you experts out there as to successfull bottling. I have not de-seeded the tomatoes.

By: thelma

thelma — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:02:16 +0000

BEN, YOUR TOMATO SANDWICH RECIPE SOUNDS SOOOO GOOD. I WILL DEFINITELY TRY IT ONCE I CAN HARVEST SOME RIPE TOMATOES FROM MY GARDEN…HOPEFULLY, BY FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. THIS YEAR, I PLANTED FOUR VARIETIES… HEIRLOOM PURPLE, YELLOW AND RED CHERRY, AND AND ANOTHER HEIRLOOM GREEN VARIETY. THEY LOVE THE CALIFORNIA SUN AND HAVE GROWN AND FLOWERED REALLY FAST JUST LIKE MY JAPANESE EGGPLANTS THAT I PLANTED AT THE SAME TIME.

By: leticia

leticia — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:08:04 +0000

this is a very nice page! i enjoy all the comments about tomatoes. as i love tomatoes like the rest of you. when i go to the supermarket i would stay longer at the tomatoe section. i would be home with at least 4 varieties of tomatoes. i don’t have a space for a garden but i am excited to plant a tomato soon!

By: jellybean

jellybean — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:58:17 +0000

topster, my grandmother does the same and i just love the way the juices of the tomatoes flood my plate. lots of flavor still tastes fresh, and the flesh are soft and juicy. i’m missing my grandma now. :(

By: Lex

Lex — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:40:32 +0000

My aunt used to bottle tomatoes and taught me how. She told me to remove the seeds because this would prolong the life of the bottled tomatoes. They used to keep for months so there must be some truth to it.