we have a few tomatoes

[nibot]

Kastan, JP, Jon, and Heather sorting, stewing, and canning tomatoes from the garden at Ant Hill Co-op.

We have a little bit of basil too.


Some tomatoes we packaged up as gifts for the neighbors.


Jon makes pesto... by magic!


Ben roasts peppers for salsa.

Comments

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

Again, nice pictures!

[fanlain.livejournal.com]

yuuuuuuuuuuuum! i love the blue color of the walls too..nice...

[nibot.livejournal.com]

that's our upstairs kitchen.. it's a huge house that was converted to a duplex, and we are basically unconverting it. so the upstairs kitchen has been downgraded to a kitchenette serving what will probably be a nice little study lounge. the awesome walls weren't actually our doing.

[vyncentvega.livejournal.com]

I second the sentiment on the blue wall and gadzooks that's a lot of tomatoes.

ignoramus afterthought

[vyncentvega.livejournal.com]

How do you use fresh basil in cooking? Do you chop the leaves up tiny like dried basil, or do you use them whole?

Re: ignoramus afterthought

[nibot.livejournal.com]

either way.. depends on what you're making. usually you mince it, i guess. but whole basil leaves + fresh tomato slices + olive oil + mozarella + fresh bread + red wine is totally divine.

you can dry basil? (-:

Re: ignoramus afterthought

[kari-marie.livejournal.com]

It's also excellent to put in bread when you're making it fresh (I prefer basil in my sourdough, but it's also good in white bread and pumpernickel!)

Re: ignoramus afterthought

[baronessvontito.livejournal.com]

Yeah, just wash it and leave it out to dry on some paper towels for a week or so, then you can crush it up so it's almost like a powder. I've been up to my neck in basil these past few weeks...I think we've started putting pesto on top of pretty much everything lately.

Re: ignoramus afterthought

[wanton-adonis.livejournal.com]

second tomato + basil ++ r<3 red wine

[nibot.livejournal.com]

this is actually the 2nd tomato harvest.. and there are more on the vine!

want some?

canning tomatoes

[suomifrikki.livejournal.com]

so... my mom is actually coming to rochester next week to teach my sister and me how to can tomatoes like she does. i was going to stop off at the public market early next saturday to buy a bunch (at least 1/2 bushel) but if you have extras... I could get them from the coop!

eh?

[emidala.livejournal.com]

this post makes me hungry. :)

[tjernobyl.livejournal.com]

My tomatoes are reddening nicely!