Also in yesterday's kitchen
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offcntrIt's tomato season! Bought two 30-lb. lugs of romas from a local farm stand, along with three bunches of scallions and a big bag of mushrooms.
Rinse, stem, cut into wedges, then cook with a little olive oil, basil, oregano, and a couple of locally grown bay leaves (one of the potters from Club Mud also raises plants and does some occasional yard work, and brought in some pruned branches. Bay laurel grows more-or-less wild here). When cooked and reduced, a little, stir in an ice cream scoop of sweated onions and 3/4 cup of sautéed mushrooms. Proceed to fill every large bowl in the house.
I made all of these except the antique bread bowl that came from my great-aunt Aggie. (BTW, there's still one more bowl that didn't fit on the table.) Water-bath can quarts for 45 minutes. (These should be fine as is, but since tomato acidity varies, I add 2 tsp. lemon juice to each jar.
Wound up with 20 quarts of concentrated summer, with about a dozen pounds of tomatoes left for Denise to slice and dry.
Rinse, stem, cut into wedges, then cook with a little olive oil, basil, oregano, and a couple of locally grown bay leaves (one of the potters from Club Mud also raises plants and does some occasional yard work, and brought in some pruned branches. Bay laurel grows more-or-less wild here). When cooked and reduced, a little, stir in an ice cream scoop of sweated onions and 3/4 cup of sautéed mushrooms. Proceed to fill every large bowl in the house.
I made all of these except the antique bread bowl that came from my great-aunt Aggie. (BTW, there's still one more bowl that didn't fit on the table.) Water-bath can quarts for 45 minutes. (These should be fine as is, but since tomato acidity varies, I add 2 tsp. lemon juice to each jar.
Wound up with 20 quarts of concentrated summer, with about a dozen pounds of tomatoes left for Denise to slice and dry.
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Date: 2019-09-24 01:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-24 04:55 pm (UTC)Many years ago, my Serbian girlfriend made me what she said was a Dalmatian dish, chicken breasts in a tomato/green onion sauce. I added the mushrooms, because what doesn't taste better with sauteed mushrooms?
and that is why they call me Frank
Date: 2019-09-25 03:41 am (UTC)My Aunt Bonnie volunteered to take me off my mom's hands and asked me, "F.X., would you like to stay and have dinner with us? We're having hamburgers!"
My reply: "I'd rather have steak and mushrooms!" Never have lived that one down, though it may well have been what was planned for our dinner that night.
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Date: 2019-09-24 01:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-24 04:52 pm (UTC)