Mary Mary quite....

[northernhord]

Ive been rock climbing today with traveller and gypsy kids at work, fuckin ace , I got home at half six rolled a spliff put my shitting cloak on (dressing gown) and had a mooch round the back garden, the tomatoe branches are sagging, heavy with speedily ripening/ripened fruit, I reckon the garden tomato yield will fill two carrier bags easy peasy by September, the rocket has rocketed off ie - fuckin things have seeded and are like lanky gangly teenagers, the corgettes are goin through mid life crisis, theyve slowed down and a lookin a bit drab though still producing courgettes.
strangely enough the Indian herbs are still up there going for gold despite the much cooler almost cold air of the Northern Shires

 

[Spion]

I reckon the garden tomato yield will fill two carrier bags easy peasy by September

Ours are similarly heavy, but I'd have expected them to be ripening more by now - only one or two are.

So, what you gonna do with your excess toms - soup or summat?

 

[Greta]

Just made a delicious and simple tomato-cream soup. Vine-ripe are so wonderful!

 

[northernhord]

Ours are similarly heavy, but I'd have expected them to be ripening more by now - only one or two are.

So, what you gonna do with your excess toms - soup or summat?

Gonna Jar some of em, never preserved Toms in water before but they last about six months
On the other hand tomatoes are so fuckin yummy there may not be an excess

 

[northernhord]

Just made a delicious and simple tomato-cream soup. Vine-ripe are so wonderful!

Vine ripened Toms, ah the food of the gods to be sure, so sweet and juicy

 

[Greta]

Vine ripened Toms, ah the food of the gods to be sure, so sweet and juicy

Ah yes, I could go on and on and on about them. Fresh bread and a salad of sliced tomatoes, basil, salt, pepper and a bit of olive oil....

 

[northernhord]

Ah yes, I could go on and on and on about them. Fresh bread and a salad of sliced tomatoes, basil, salt, pepper and a bit of olive oil....

perfection

 

[susie12]

had the most delicious tom sauce the other night - from Elizabeth David's Mediterranean Food - just vine toms skinned, gently fried in olive oil with lots of basil, seasoning, over wholewheat pasta - simple, cheap and yummy!

 

[Greta]

Yes, there is something seductively subversive about the vine-ripened tomato. It shouldn't be a meal unto itself, it seems incomplete, but there it is, needing nothing more than one or two simple flavourings to sustain us in a glorious, perfectly complete dinner.

Perhaps it's the way the skin peels effortlessly back from the flesh? Perhaps its simultaneous sharp acidic/sweet juicy burst?

Of course, it's not for those who would insist on a pyramid of peas, a quarter of protein, starch and soggy veggies.

 

[northernhord]

Yes, there is something seductively subversive about the vine-ripened tomato. It shouldn't be a meal unto itself, it seems incomplete, but there it is, needing nothing more than one or two simple flavourings to sustain us in a glorious, perfectly complete dinner.

Perhaps it's the way the skin peels effortlessly back from the flesh? Perhaps its simultaneous sharp acidic/sweet juicy burst?

Of course, it's not for those who would insist on a pyramid of peas, a quarter of protein, starch and soggy veggies.

LOL