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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Tomatoes and Tomatillos 9/16/12

Beefsteak tomatoes - boiled/skinned cut into pieces. Filled 3 pint jars. 1 Tbsp lemon juice and 1 tsp salt each jar. In waterbath canner cold then boiled for 95 min.

Roma tomatoes - 1 1 1/2 pint jar - filled too fullso will have to refrigerate and use this week

Tomatillo salsa - 3 pints
Ball recipe as a base

this time 8 c tomatillos
1.5 c chopped onions (2 medium onions)
4-5 cayenne peppers from the garden, cut in half
6 cloves garlic
1/2 bunch cilantro
3 tbsp cumin
1 tsp red pepper
1 c vinegar
1/4 c lemon juice (from a squeezer)
1 c ish water
1 lime, cut into fourths, squeezed then put in pot

Cooked for 20 min or so until well mixed and soft
Put into cuisinart to blend ingredients. Left 1/2 lime in with rind into puree. Threw the other 1/2 out.

The last batch I used 5 limes for the lime juice.