20lbs - I guess I need to make some Tomato sauce LOL

[lupinfarm]

I'm going to be canning all these tomatos, I actually have about 40+ lbs of Tomatoes hanging around the house waiting to be canned.

I don't own a pressure canner, and I have heard there are ways to do this in a water bath canner. The varieties are beefsteak and roma tomatoes.

And.. This is what I picked today, 20lbs of Tomatoes and peppers... there is 20 more lbs upstairs and more still on the plants

X-posted to TheEasyGarden forums...

 

[Iceblink]

Ha! I was in your position last week. I made barbeque sauce, taco sauce, and spagetti/pizza sauce. All the stirring while cooking down is tiresome, but worth the work. Enjoy all your tomatoes!

 

[punkin]

You can just water bath tomato sauce if you don't put anything else with the tomatoes. If you do, it changes the acidity.

I've done 5 qts so far and alot more tomatoes in the freezer to do later.

 

[onebuggirl]

I just got done with processing 2 bushels of tomatoes..thats approx. 110lbs! Spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, and canned tomatoes for cooking with. I am thinking about getting somemore corn!

 

[unclejoe]

IT'S NOT FAIR!!! I'm still waiting for enough tomatoes to ripen just so I can make a full batch.

 

[lupinfarm]

IT'S NOT FAIR!!! I'm still waiting for enough tomatoes to ripen just so I can make a full batch.

Don't be too upset! I have a drawer of 19lbs of Toms ripening upstairs under a heat lamp LOL ... Some of my plants just weren't ripening because it got so cold here randomly.

 

[Javamama]

Those are some beauties! My tomatoes have been so ugly this year. Lots of cracking due to cold, wet weather.