tomato soup!
on sunday i went to the farmers market and bought a big box (a half bushel?) of tomatoes for $15. then i started making soup. i don’t have a specific recipe, i just throw in what sounds good: sunday it was carrots, onion, garlic, celery, fresh oregano and basil. i filled up my pot, and still had half a box of tomatoes left. so on monday i made another batch, sans extra veggies but heavy on the basil and garlic.
so i made 8-1/2 quarts of soup in two days. i wish i could tell you i love canning, but by 4pm monday i was ready for a drink. skinning, sweating, seeding, swearing, sanitizing… i don’t find it relaxing or charming or fun. but in the middle of winter, when i heat up my soup, i taste fresh tomatoes and i can almost feel a summer breeze on my face. and then my long afternoons in the kitchen were worth it.
September 9th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Sounds wonderful and they look beautiful.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Yum! Nothing like homemade tomato soup with a grilled cheese while the snow flies outside….. ah….
September 9th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Good job! I’m not a fan of canning either, so that much more impressed with your accomplishment.
(and darn - missed your giveaway. couldn’t think of a good story.)
September 9th, 2009 at 7:20 am
I have to say Im not crazy about the process of preserving either. I am a fan of the process of making the preserved dissapear! LOL Do you cann with one of those canning pots or …what do you do? I have tons of tomatoes and I really want to preserve some in another fashion other than jam, but I don’t know how to go about preserving tomatoe soep…
September 9th, 2009 at 10:45 am
The idea of fresh tomato soup in the winter sounds delightful!
September 9th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
awesome! i still need to do my tomato canning. i was thinking i was too late, but i guess not. i think saturday will be the day then. i’m not one for tomato soup. but sauce. that’s what i want.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
i love the american term “canning”. we don’t use it here seeing we don’t get a proper winter. hmmm love the idea of having summer in a bottle. also loving how you remember the positives and not the monumental battle in the kitchen.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
the ONLY thing i could have done from that string of words was swearing… oh, yeah, drinking too…
September 9th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
you’re an inspiration!
but yes, i’m more suited to drinking and swearing too.
September 10th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Seriously, it takes all damn day at the time, but you are right it will be so worth it this winter! I still need to do some salsa, green tomato relish, and jalapeno jelly.
btw - i loved that last bound book you made for your give away. did you come up with that design yourself? because it is very, very clever young lady!