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| 1/2-inch mesh wire fencing has foiled the BigM tomato-stealing squirrels -so far.
The first picking of the Big Mamas made the first batch of pizza sauce! Only 4 pints + 1 meal fresh, but yum, yum! I had forgotten how good it tastes when it's from home-made sauce. Another dozen pints for pizza, and then I can make creole sauce... DH is still on the losing side of the tomato-grabbing contest (squirrels are winning hands-, er, paws-down). They've been ignoring his yellow tomatoes, so he finally has been able to get a good picking. Trouble is, I don't like the yellows for sauce or even for juice; the taste is too mild and it looks funny-peculiar. I'll freeze some in chunks to toss into lentil soup, but I haven't been able to think of anything else to do with them. I sure hope the neighbors don't get tired of yellow tomatos for another couple months.
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- Posted by anneliese_32 6 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 31, 12 at 12:30
| I just don't get it. None of my squirrels bother the tomatoes. Must be a regional thing, like Northerners not liking grits. |
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| My momma hates grits and she was raised in Nashville. (grinning! and then running) but I love them. Everything eats tomatoes here. Why not fry those yellow suckers? Coating would make them look less, um, peculiar. |
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| I have made a yellow tomato gazpacho...If you think they are too mild, just add lemon until they taste right. |
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Tue, Jul 31, 12 at 19:57
| Yes, I agree, yellow tomatoes look "funny-peculiar" as tomato sauce that we think of as red. How about using the yellows as fillers for the red? Here's a favorite recipe for all kinds of tomatoes. Cut tomatoes in half, sprinkle with salt, put some olive oil in a pan, place the tomatoes in the pan and cook until soft. |
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