Attack of the Killer Tomatoes...

[msfledermaus]

The last couple of nights have been nice enough that the neighbors and Sweeties and I have been sitting out back in the yard a lot, next to the garden. I love my garden. It's a bit overgrown in places, and the morning glories are busy attacking the sunflowers, but the most interesting part is the tomatoes in the back. Peaty planted them for me, and they're currently giving me lots and lots of little tomatoes. Now the CSA I belong to is also giving me tomatoes. I'm starting to have a *lot* of tomatoes. Too many. And more on the way, every day...

Now, most days I can take or leave tomatoes, so I'm a little stumped about what to do with all these damn tomatoes, since I can't make them go away, oh no. I'm thinking salsa. And sneaking them onto my neighbor's porches. Or bringing some to Liz in St. Paul so she can hurl organic produce at the RNC next door. Nono, must be a good Maus...maybe I should just stick to salsa, huh?...

Anyway, anyone out there with a good tomato recipe? Before the yard is totally covered with little red tomatoes that whimper to be eaten, causing guilt and shame if they go bad? I want to treat them the way they should be treated, with respect. And maybe garlic...

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[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

* 3 tablespoons finely chopped onion
* 2 small cloves garlic, minced
* 3 large ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeds removed, chopped
* 2 hot chile peppers, Serrano or Jalapeno, finely chopped
* 2 to 3 tablespoons minced cilantro
* 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons lime juice
* salt and pepper

Preparation:
Put chopped onion and garlic in a strainer; pour 2 cups boiling water over them then let drain throughly. Discard water. Cool.

Combine onions and garlic with chopped tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, lime juice, salt, and pepper. Refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours to blend flavors.
Makes about 2 cups of salsa.


(you can use more tomatoes, less peppers, more garlic and I almost always use onion in this.)

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thank you!!!

What to do with excess tomatoes

[thedarkages]

Beth purees them, puts them in freezer bags with some basil leaves and a pinch of salt, and slaps them in the freezer -- then defrosts them whenever imagination fails her and we need quick spaghetti sauce.

Re: What to do with excess tomatoes

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

I think I might try that one tonight, just to have good tomatoes later when I'm lazy...which is more often, now I think about it.

[pianolessdevil.livejournal.com]

I've always liked this simple one:

2 tomatoes, sliced
10-12 basil leaves, whole
Mozzarella cheese, sliced
1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar.

On a large platter, arrrange the cheese between the slices of tomato with the basil leaves and pour the balsamic vinegar over it. Soooo, good. And you don't have to use the oven. ^^

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Oooh, a pal of mine did that the other night with dinner...and I was totally entranced by how good it tasted:) Now I know what they did!