Tag: tomato harvest
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Preserving the Harvest–Heirloom Tomato Sauce
An abundance of tomatoes freshly harvested from the vine or carefully picked from a local farmer’s market is a beautiful thing. Tomatoes are the number one crop grown in American backyards, and anyone who has enjoyed a just-picked tomato, ripened on the vine and still warm from the sun knows why. It’s a food memory…
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Preserving the Harvest…Pickled Tomatoes
At this time of year, the vegetable garden is bursting with fresh vegetables and herbs that need to be harvested. I can look out my window right now and see big, juicy heirloom tomatoes ripening on the vine–and I just picked pounds of them early this morning. My countertops are laden with baskets of squash, tomatoes,…