Too many tomatoes...I picked at least 6 of those bowls from the one potted Roma tomato plant, on top of that, hundreds of cherry tomatoes.
In the old days of Seattle gardening, when summers were much cloudier and cooler, you were proud to get a handful ripened by September. Everyone had green tomatoes sitting around in the kitchen in the fall. And there were only a few varieties to choose from then, none good for this climate.
The tomato cross-breeding and hybrid selection over the years has really increased the short season varieties and yields.
Anyway, a sad day in this house when the tomato bowl runs dry. I've made a delicious fresh sauce a few times-- just a big pile of rough chopped extra ripe tomatoes, generous olive oil, garlic, basil, salt, pepper flakes. And to top it off last night, a grilled hot Italian sausage. How could this not be good for you?
The most popular American vegetables are: Potatoes, Corn, Broccoli, Garlic, Carrots, Onions, Green Beans, Tomatoes. Really, tomatoes #8 on the list? Maybe because supermarket tomatoes are so bland and watery.
In the no-so-good food news category, "Gary" and "Blackie" the two Carlton farm drakes, were killed this week, probably by coyotes. They had a dandy summer, running free in the orchard, without a care in the world, but they got too wild and stubborn to go in the chicken house at night with the hens and roosters. Life is sure fun on a farm, until that day when you become someone’s duck dinner. Well, we all have to eat, but that's an expensive morsel for a coyote.
Cute memories, although I have a feeling Amanda is out of the duck business next year.
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