Tomatoes Until December!
In Somerset, UK, I still have 3 tomato plants in my unheated but enclosed rear porch - also 1 Pepita cucumber plant. The fruits are slowly ripening. All the outdoor and greenhouse tomatoes got late blight several weeks ago. I have planted Maris Peer in the...
Freezing Tomatoes
With a glut, I freeze tomatoes whole - the skins easily come off when thawed. The only trouble is that, for me, the taste is not the same as fresh or canned - I prefer to juice them and drink it with or without vodka.
Uses for Spearmint
Add to the pan when boiling new/fresh dug potatoes - gives a lovely flavour (I put the boiled mint into the compost bin) - marvellous with waxy salad potatoes.
Caution when Reusing Food Containers
At my age (70), although I now live alone I still need to label what I store/freeze or else I forget what it is.
Re-Freezing Tomatoes?
I used to freeze my tomatoes (all colours & varieties) but when thawed and stewed they tasted different to fresh stewed tomatoes - not very nice. I find that I prefer to fry them, I will try freezing some fried tomatos. I tried frying green tomatoes but the...
Channa (Chickpea Curry)
My onions are opaque until they are fried, then they become translucent. Is the recipe wrong?
Using Blighted Green Tomatoes?
Update. All my outside tomatoes in grobags in backyard have succumbed to blight. The ones I hoped to save still got it. The greenhouse tomatoes are OK so far - also the soil grown ones in front of house. Blight usually strikes in UK in June - July, this happened...
Tips for Staying Alert and Awake While Driving
In the sixties, the advice was to buy (and consume) caffeine tablets to stay alert while driving after a long day. I worked in a shipping office in the City of London and went on to drive to Liverpool. I only dozed off once on the outskirts of Liverpool - without...
