Subj : You say to-may-to was:Nat
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Aug 31 2023 13:50:36
Hi Dave,
DD> I've been gifted with a lot of tomatoes - from my neighbour lady who
DD> my bounty to my boss at A-Z but I think my solution to the overload
DD> DD>is going to be a big batch of read gravy (marinara).
RH> I think I'd be making salsa and chili sauce, then canning the rest. We
RH> grew tomatoes several years while we were in AZ and that, plus green
RH> tomato mincemeat were the main forms of dealing with the super
RH> abundance. Wish I had the same now; most of the time if I want fresh
RH> tomatoes, I get them at the farmer's market. Otherwise it's the grocery
RH> store, either Publix's (pre Wegman's) or, now that it's open,
Wegman's.
DD> Do you have a Winn-Dixie near you? They just (last week) got snapped
DD> up by ALDI. Bv)=
There was a W-D in town but it folded long before we moved here. We have
Aldi, Lidl, Food Lion, Publix, Lowe's, Harris Teeter and Wegman's in
addition to grocery sections in Wal-Mart and Target. AFAIK, the only
place we've lived in that had a W-D was in Copperas Cove, TX back in the
mid 80s. Do know there was one near my in-laws when they lived in
Zephyerhills, FL but they moved a couple of years ago so we don't go
down there any more.
DD> My salsa - which is technically a pico de gallo - would not can well.
DD> Although it "eats" very well. Bv)=
DD> If all goes to plan I'll have my raised bed garden in place of the
DD> evergreen hedge in front of my house. ty-five feet by six feet and
DD> two feet high. Planned first crops will be chilies, tomatoes, radishes
DD> (red globe) and cucumbers.
Sounds good to me. We found we were gone too often during the growing
season to make a regular garden feasible. Do have an herb garden in a
raised bed that seems to thrive on neglect tho. (G)
