The sum total of yesterday's efforts.
One jar went in the refrigerator, one in the freezer. I now have five jars frozen. I am a jar collector. I have a cupboard where I store my collection, all sort of jars. I also save the good deli containers, those that are made of durable plastic. Since my pickles are fermented instead of canned I can use those containers for them. I use them for so many things. I have lots, I just cannot bear to recycle good containers. When my son one day will need to clean out his mother's house he's going to think I maybe went mad. A hidden hoarder like my mother was. Only neater.
Today I foray into the world of dehydration. I'm going to do tomatoes for Pesto Rosso. My air fryer was one of the better impulse buys I've made. I bought it in 2020, the year I spent eight months clearing out and fixing up my deceased mother's house, the place I grew up. It was a eighty-five minute drive one way and the last four months I was doing it six days a week. I was home, it was evening and I'm in the kitchen, exhausted. Emeril came on the tv hawking his air fryer and I knew I needed it, so I sat down with my phone and ordered. The next day, when I was clearer of mind, I regretted it. Impulse buying is a trait I acquired from my father. It turned out to be a good decision after all. I use it all the time and now I'm using the dehydration function. One time Robert's genetics worked for me.
Neighbor Bill stopped in thirty minutes ago with bags of green beans and a whole lot of tomatoes, lots of Romas, I will dry those. He and I spent the half hour solving the problems of the world. He's the only one for miles around who isn't a Trumper. He's as delighted to have us as we are to have him. He also is happy I am willing to take the tomatoes off his hands. Mark is going to a ballgame on Sunday with Matthew, I will send some tomatoes with him.
That's my story for today. I need to get busy if I expect to get those tomatoes done. Whatever am I going to ramble on about when I'm not preserving the bounty?
8 comments:
I think we need to hear some of those dialogues where you set the world to rights.
HA! Boud, we are not always temperate!! It's good to have Bill to talk to.
A hoarder of cool jars. That is cool though. I like weird little bottles. I picked up two really neat ones a few years ago while at a Thrift Store. I want to think that they were old pill bottles or something. I use them as tiny vases for tiny flowers.
I have a couple of good people I do talk with but these days I'm careful not to stray into the tRump world with most of them.
I'll be drying my 'matoes again soon along with more apples!
Val, small bottles make perfect little vases. My pantry is full of saved jars. I don't buy containers, I save them. I bought a large jar of olives once just for the jar! I'm compulsive about it.
This is my first try at dehydrating tomatoes. I'm kind of excited.
I must have a cheap air fryer I am pretty sure it does not dehydrate...but I do have a dehydrator! I gave away tomatoes to people sitting outside of the clinic yesterday, BTW the smoke was bad up here yesterday, hope it is gone today:)
This air fryer has many functions. I mostly use one! Those people were made happy, fresh tomatoes. I've had sinus problems from the smoke but I think you are getting it worse up there.
You are becoming more ad more productive!!!
Lori, a little bit!
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