Ball Jars and Bright Red Fruit
Canning tomatoes is one of my favourite fall things to do. I don’t really absolutely love the whole canning process, but I love to crack open the delights one at a time throughout the year until next fall comes. I also enjoy knowing what is in them, and that they are better by far than the ones processed by the thousands on a production line.
This year was the first year when I actually was able to tell the difference. Before that I had gone with all store bought canned tomatoes, but this year since we finished ours up that I canned last fall early I had to buy some. It isn’t that the store ones aren’t good, because I know I ate them my whole life and never complained-it is just that there is no comparison to the home canned ones. None.
I canned about 40 quarts of roma tomatoes this year. I did 27 last year and that wasn’t enough to get us through, this year we’ll keep our fingers crossed. And yes, I do hoard tomatoes!
Have you canned anything lately? If you could can one thing what would it be? For me it would be certainly tomatoes- and I would store TONS of strawberry, marion berry, and black berry freezer jam! YUM!
Themocracy
I used to do this… but it’s been awhile. I’m feeling guilty for not doing any this year. I let LOTS of tomatoes go to waste.
Oh, wish you could have passed them on to me!!
I was so worried that I was going to miss out completely because of our trip to Spain. My husband’s grandma hoarded them for me though! She is too sweet. yum.
Nice Bethany. I am going to try some apple butter from our tree. We’ll see how my process goes. I didn’t even have luck with freezer jam
. I haven’t done the “real” canning yet! great pictures! See you Saturday!
I did apple butter last year, YUM! Are you enjoying your new place? I want to come see!
I don’t know how to do the canning! Would you share to us how?
Sure! I will do a ‘how to can’ post- the only problem is that all fruits and veggies need to be processed in the water for different lengths of time. I will for sure give the tomato recipe though
Yum! When I someday live in a house with a garden, I’ll have to try canning tomatoes.
you will not regret it one bit! they are so pretty, and so sweet.
Love your photos…look very tempting. And love tomatoes as well. You did quite a bit, 40 Wow!
We have been city people until now (due to work) but I remember my childhood full of harvesting fruit and veggies. We never canned tomatoes though (my dad always got the fresh ones from his customers so I guess that’s why) but we made jams and compotes and things like that and of course put a lot from the harvest into the freezer as well. Must say it did give a lot of satisfaction. Hope to be doing it myself one day again….