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Re: Frost date & freezing v. canning

Allan Day wrote:
> 
> >  May 15th is the cut off date to be sure and miss frost.
> That's about the same as ours
> > We planted
> > our tomatoes the 2nd. week of April, so it was early. Had to really
> > look hard for plants. We kept buying  more plants until we realized we
> > had planted 110, figured that was a good stopping place. Still with
> > all the wet weather we had after planting, there does not seem to be
> > an abundance of tomatoes at one time like there usually is. There are
> > plenty to eat and give away to friends and neighbors, and that is ok
> > too. I only can tomatoe juice to cook spaghetti sauce and such. My big
> > canning days are over, it is too much of a task, and the kids are gone
> > from home, but they sure love the spaghetti dinners on Sundays.
> > Zone 5/6 Indiana
> > Monica
> >
> Please tell me why you can your tomatoes etc. We used to bottle lots,
> never got into canning over here because of costs, but now we have two
> freezers and put everything in there, it's much more convenient than
> bottling
> Allan
Allen,
 I should have been more specific, I can tomatoe juice to use in 
cooking, it is fairly easy to do, and I do not have much freezer 
space, and we seem to like the canned juice to the frozen kind. I wash 
and cut the tomatoes, cook them for a good while, the longer they cook 
the thicker the juice, run the tomatoe pulp thru a colonder, to 
separate the skins and seeds from the juice, bring the juice to a 
rolling boil, pour juice in canning jars and seal. That is all.       
Do you freeze your tomatoes in aluminum foil? I read that on the 
veggie list. Also, has anyone had luck in freezing corn on the cob, I 
have tried it, and I always have corn that tastes like the cob, also 
the texture is soft, with all the water that is absorbed. I cut the 
corn off of the cob and freeze it, which turns out very tasty.
Monica
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