Tomato canning

manyplews · August 31, 2013

First is the tomato juice

　
The best vegetable soup ever - the kids called this "Super Soup".
　

　
　
　
We use lots of whole tomatoes

　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　

dustdevil · August 31, 2013

Nice stockpile! What tomato varieties do you use for your canning?

Alfredo · August 31, 2013

Wo...that's a serious amount of canned tomatoes. Nice.

Doug9345 · August 31, 2013

A lot of work there. A person can go through things like canned tomatoes and soup a lot faster than you think. There's only enough soup to use a jar once a week for 5 months.

manyplews · August 31, 2013

Yes,we normally do 2-3 batches of 20 - 25 quarts/batch for soup and whole tomatoes. Juice- we do 30-35 quarts total.

Our main crop tomato is better boy.We usually plant 30-36 plants.In a normal year we probably get about 20# per plant.
Plus we plant a dozen Roma,some small cherry/grape tomatoes and a couple yellow ones.
Even with all the canning,most years we gave away a lot.
2013 is not a normal year,for sure.

newatthiskat · September 2, 2013

That is great!

ginger2778 · September 2, 2013

That all looks wonderful. Congrats on your bountiful harvest. Now after all your very hard work you have to find storage! At least that would be the problem in my house.

Marsha

Meteo · September 2, 2013

Wow! They look delicious!

Durgan · September 2, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by manyplews

First is the tomato juice

　
The best vegetable soup ever - the kids called this "Super Soup".
　

　
　
　
We use lots of whole tomatoes

　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　

Absolutely marvellous. I pressure can until nothing is available and almost live on my efforts. I juice which is similar to your endeavours. Have a look if you have time and the interest.
http://durgan.org/2011/

manyplews · September 3, 2013

Forgot to mention the wife adds lots of braised beef cubes to the vegetable soup before eating it.
Durgan - that's a great web site!
Ontario is a great province - we used to fish Temagami a lot!

manyplews · September 6, 2013

Last batch of sweet pickle chips for 2013 - makes 23 pints total .
　

　
Canned by open kettle method.

http://www.tammysrecipes.com/open_ke...ood_processing

Doug9345 · September 6, 2013

I haven't seen magic button canning lids since the 70's canning craze made it hard to impossible to find Ball, Kerr, or Bernardin lids. Is this a stash you have or is someone still making them?

ChristinaJo · September 7, 2013

Wow! That "Super Soup" looks great.....What time is do we eat

Seriously, that's a lot of work. Nice job.

manyplews · September 7, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doug9345

I haven't seen magic button canning lids since the 70's canning craze made it hard to impossible to find Ball, Kerr, or Bernardin lids. Is this a stash you have or is someone still making them?

Yes,we had a stockpile of supplies.Since we're in our late 70's,we're using stuff up - sort of like the "not buying green bananas " thing!

manyplews · September 8, 2013

20 pints of Hot Sauce for 2013 - we use it on beef & pork roasts.
　

　
Canned by open kettle method.
It's probably misnamed because it's "warm",not hot.

August 31, 2013	#1
manyplews Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: SW Pa. Posts: 35	Tomato canning First is the tomato juice 　 The best vegetable soup ever - the kids called this "Super Soup". 　　　　 We use lots of whole tomatoes

August 31, 2013	#3
Alfredo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 554	Wo...that's a serious amount of canned tomatoes. Nice. __________________ ~Alfredo

August 31, 2013	#5
manyplews Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: SW Pa. Posts: 35	supply Yes,we normally do 2-3 batches of 20 - 25 quarts/batch for soup and whole tomatoes. Juice- we do 30-35 quarts total. Our main crop tomato is better boy.We usually plant 30-36 plants.In a normal year we probably get about 20# per plant. Plus we plant a dozen Roma,some small cherry/grape tomatoes and a couple yellow ones. Even with all the canning,most years we gave away a lot. 2013 is not a normal year,for sure.

September 3, 2013	#10
manyplews Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: SW Pa. Posts: 35	super soup Forgot to mention the wife adds lots of braised beef cubes to the vegetable soup before eating it. Durgan - that's a great web site! Ontario is a great province - we used to fish Temagami a lot!

September 6, 2013	#11
manyplews Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: SW Pa. Posts: 35	sweet pickle chips Last batch of sweet pickle chips for 2013 - makes 23 pints total . 　　 Canned by open kettle method. http://www.tammysrecipes.com/open_ke...ood_processing

August 31, 2013	#2
dustdevil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WI, USA Zone4 Posts: 1,887	Nice stockpile! What tomato varieties do you use for your canning?

August 31, 2013	#4
Doug9345 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Durhamville,NY Posts: 2,706	A lot of work there. A person can go through things like canned tomatoes and soup a lot faster than you think. There's only enough soup to use a jar once a week for 5 months.

September 2, 2013	#6
newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	That is great!

September 2, 2013	#7
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	That all looks wonderful. Congrats on your bountiful harvest. Now after all your very hard work you have to find storage! At least that would be the problem in my house. Marsha

September 2, 2013	#8
Meteo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Hungary, Europe - Zone 6a Posts: 14	Wow! They look delicious!

September 7, 2013	#13
ChristinaJo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: NE Texas Posts: 425	Wow! That "Super Soup" looks great.....What time is do we eat Seriously, that's a lot of work. Nice job.

September 8, 2013	#15
manyplews Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: SW Pa. Posts: 35	Hot sauce 20 pints of Hot Sauce for 2013 - we use it on beef & pork roasts. 　　 Canned by open kettle method. It's probably misnamed because it's "warm",not hot.