spring soup and tomatoes ......... 2007

Skaterina sez she wont grow any tomatoes this year bc we still have too many jars that we canned last fall

she likes to have one canning be eaten up by beginning of new season

just the way she is

she learned herself how to can tomatoes / tomatoes are a big deal / an obssession asitwere

Sooooo , , , , Caterina begins to make every meal with tomatoes from the shelf of 2006 canned tomatoes

she is making a spring soup called Add A Tomato

as we eat the soup she adds another jar of tomatoes

&&&&&&& , , , we will never run out of this soup

here's how :

in food processor rough chop some carrots onions celery garlic / add some sprigs of freshherbs from the window sill over the sink

chop in processor some leftover potatoes (cooked) and a box of white mushrooms

saute in olive oil and butter in a heavy soup pot

add fat pint of rich jellied beef broth and a small jar of lambriblet jelly

simmer a while and then find a pkg of amaranth grains in the ice box / add a good handful to the

soup / simmer for 30 minutes when the amaranth will be done

serve with squirts of fresh lemon juice and seasonings of your choice / salt pepper / et cetera / whatever you like : coriander cardomon cinnamon cayenne or not

after each serving/eating add a jar of tomatoes to the pot / like leftover tomato jam and a small jar of golden tomatoes (the ones shaped like giant strawberries)

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meanwhile Mrs Foley orders six tomato seedlings from where usually get them / six not twelve / whew and now we know how not to have them come too soon

two new varieties we have not had before : Black Krim and Prudens' Purple

that romantic duo : Big Beef and Juliette

and two new cherry tomato varieties we have not had before : Tomatoberry and Sugary snap


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