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Wonder if you could freeze those cherry tomatoes? I freeze my big ones when I don't have enough ripe for a canner load. I've also used the frozen ones in soups with no ill flavors but I don't know how the cherry ones would do.
I took a bunch to our church food bank already (I think I have mentioned that) I tried pickling them one year while still in NM: they were awful. I might just freeze them and find some use. Today, I didn't pick anything, I got home from church, glanced outside, saw a few more tomatoes and yes, a dozen or so cherry ones, but decided it was too rainy. They can wait another couple of days I am sure.
That makes me smile cause we have so many cherry tomatoes I don't know what we are going to do with them. I picked another dozen today, plus 3 more real tomatoes, but they are pretty small. I also got another handful of green beans. I think I probably only have about another week or so picking beans. They are usually gone by now: our late spring has kept them coming.
Lucky you! We have blight so bad from all the record rain, tomatoes not doing well.
Here's what I do with abundant cherry tomatoes. I slice them in half and dry them either in my dehydrator (if I have tons of them) or on a non stick pan in the oven on very low. I don't over dry them--just til they are like a raisin and then put them in zip locks and use them all year in pastas, salads, soups etc. the cherries make the best because they become so sweet and strong when dried--better than the expensive sundried tomatoes you buy in the store, and they are so small you don't have to mess with cutting them into pieces.
Good luck!
Lucky you! We have blight so bad from all the record rain, tomatoes not doing well.
Here's what I do with abundant cherry tomatoes. I slice them in half and dry them either in my dehydrator (if I have tons of them) or on a non stick pan in the oven on very low. I don't over dry them--just til they are like a raisin and then put them in zip locks and use them all year in pastas, salads, soups etc. the cherries make the best because they become so sweet and strong when dried--better than the expensive sundried tomatoes you buy in the store, and they are so small you don't have to mess with cutting them into pieces.
Good luck!
This reminded me when I did have a dehydrator take the skins, seeds and any pulp left from strainer them for tomato juice and dry them. Once dry grind them into a powder to use in recipes when needing a little tomato taste. Worked out very well.
Lucky you! We have blight so bad from all the record rain, tomatoes not doing well.
Here's what I do with abundant cherry tomatoes. I slice them in half and dry them either in my dehydrator (if I have tons of them) or on a non stick pan in the oven on very low. I don't over dry them--just til they are like a raisin and then put them in zip locks and use them all year in pastas, salads, soups etc. the cherries make the best because they become so sweet and strong when dried--better than the expensive sundried tomatoes you buy in the store, and they are so small you don't have to mess with cutting them into pieces.
Good luck!
I plan to dry tomatoes, too! Today I shredded, packed and froze 24 cups of zucchini in 1 and 2 cup portions. I have not done this before, but read that it could be done. Now I'll have zukes for baking during the coming winter months.
I plan to dry tomatoes, too! Today I shredded, packed and froze 24 cups of zucchini in 1 and 2 cup portions. I have not done this before, but read that it could be done. Now I'll have zukes for baking during the coming winter months.
Don't forget zuke pie it is like a sugar cream type texture pie.
Two tomatoes (most have yet to ripen), some green beans, a couple of baby eggplants, basil.
Also blackberries and mulberries, which went into this morning's fruit smoothie.
Like some of you others I think I am going to be up to my ears in 'maters in another week or two! I have loads of them...I bought a stack of freezer containers today, since I plan on cooking and freezing some of them for winter.
I just baked some Lemon/Rosemary/ Zucchini bread. Rosemary, zukes and eggs from home.
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