tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post8732957379862648420..comments2024-03-18T18:06:36.159+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Sun-dried Tomatoes.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-32628080257747175832017-08-17T04:38:14.521+01:002017-08-17T04:38:14.521+01:00Need I say so, but that was one major reason why I...Need I say so, but that was one major reason why I came to live here 45 years ago. Our climate is nowhere near perfect, but it's a lot better. You have my commiserations, and may I remind you that you can fly down here with Ryanair for about 40 smackers!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-46737492969845227542017-08-17T04:34:49.767+01:002017-08-17T04:34:49.767+01:00I once invented powdered water, but couldn't f...I once invented powdered water, but couldn't find anything to mix it with.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-23903978074466935202017-08-16T21:40:07.387+01:002017-08-16T21:40:07.387+01:00Dear Cro, I spent this afternoon fishing wearing m...Dear Cro, I spent this afternoon fishing wearing multiple layers and shivering. August is the first month of autumn in the UK, do not listen to the pundits. I remember a punch cartoon from my youth, two men walking through a rainstorm in July, with one saying to the other We are going to have a Mediterranean climate in 20 years...well it has not happened yet. Bring it on, I am sick to death of shivering through summer while anything vaguely warm blooded hides in the greenhouse.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217574100039265130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36640442293830849832017-08-16T19:32:02.544+01:002017-08-16T19:32:02.544+01:00Sun-dried spring water is very popular here at the...Sun-dried spring water is very popular here at the moment. It is very easily reconstituted and very light for transport from the source.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1172320407059877832017-08-16T16:25:12.145+01:002017-08-16T16:25:12.145+01:00Do you sun-dry them? It's worth the trouble.Do you sun-dry them? It's worth the trouble.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4089062751874835752017-08-16T16:23:38.659+01:002017-08-16T16:23:38.659+01:00Wonderful, our Romas are just now coming on heavy ...Wonderful, our Romas are just now coming on heavy now.Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230334534323236665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8837022287521555382017-08-16T15:44:48.973+01:002017-08-16T15:44:48.973+01:00I had to choose my days quite carefully; luckily t...I had to choose my days quite carefully; luckily the third day it was 32 C, so the process finished well.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13073567210124117622017-08-16T15:21:30.522+01:002017-08-16T15:21:30.522+01:00sun...lucky you!!sun...lucky you!!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55089004356968239172017-08-16T13:26:53.436+01:002017-08-16T13:26:53.436+01:00Slightly darker I think but a really intense flavo...Slightly darker I think but a really intense flavour.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27662091036486968022017-08-16T13:25:55.689+01:002017-08-16T13:25:55.689+01:00I usually do a lot of bottling at this time of yea...I usually do a lot of bottling at this time of year (exactly the way you mention), but I still have plenty from last year, so I'm not doing so much. If I could only grow one thing in my garden it would have to be Tomatoes, there is no comparison to shop bought.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70363302409708775692017-08-16T13:22:34.004+01:002017-08-16T13:22:34.004+01:00Especially as you have a plentiful supply of Olive...Especially as you have a plentiful supply of Olive oil!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42480394934204978932017-08-16T13:17:10.868+01:002017-08-16T13:17:10.868+01:00Roma are usually used here to make fresh tomato sa...Roma are usually used here to make fresh tomato sauce. In September Roma are cheaper. Families buy them in great quantities. Cook them in big pots until they are half their initial amount, add a little olive oil and salt, pour it into jars, seal them closed by boiling them shut. Always have fresh tomatoes throughout the year. The September air smells of tomatoes; every second home is making sauce.<br />But homegrown tomatoes are the best and your tomatoes look very good. Oregon is perfect for dry tomatoes.<br />Greetings Maria xMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63863056335741473692017-08-16T12:11:45.988+01:002017-08-16T12:11:45.988+01:00Mostly I grow tomatoes for either salads or bottli...Mostly I grow tomatoes for either salads or bottling, so they tend to be the big Beefsteak/Marmande variety. I only have a couple of Roma plants which I'm now regretting. Nexrt year.... Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-77585776446942948202017-08-16T11:05:38.972+01:002017-08-16T11:05:38.972+01:00Romas of course are the best toms to dry because t...Romas of course are the best toms to dry because they are so fleshy. The round varieties are so full of liquid and seed, they dry to nothing. I LOVE Romas and miss the ones my Hungarian neighbour Giselle used to grow. She planted out her entire section with them and sold them - my Dad used to bottle them. Happy Days.MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14909133202727878562017-08-16T09:51:27.535+01:002017-08-16T09:51:27.535+01:00I'm not too sure about that. This year we'...I'm not too sure about that. This year we've all had the same sun; notable by its absence. Things can only get better.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36178321888952792017-08-16T09:22:43.529+01:002017-08-16T09:22:43.529+01:00Your sun is different from our English sun, which ...Your sun is different from our English sun, which comes out every 5th day if we are lucky, and will refuse to show if we have a family day out planned. As for planned BBQ's forget the sun.Poppypatchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749159567150084975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76879828711440416052017-08-16T09:04:51.196+01:002017-08-16T09:04:51.196+01:00I was saying exactly the same thing to Lady M this...I was saying exactly the same thing to Lady M this morning. It seems such an obvious thing to do, especially as I already do mushrooms.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53366141750456754092017-08-16T09:03:48.465+01:002017-08-16T09:03:48.465+01:00Those expensive jars of Italian Factory-dried Toms...Those expensive jars of Italian Factory-dried Toms contain all sorts of chemicals. If you tasted mine above, you'd see a totally different product.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59308122516086677622017-08-16T08:25:13.279+01:002017-08-16T08:25:13.279+01:00Exactly! Can't understand why my mother in law...Exactly! Can't understand why my mother in law and that generation didn't dry tomatoes. They were doing it elsewhere in europelocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76235051274255022022017-08-16T08:10:36.460+01:002017-08-16T08:10:36.460+01:00Lovely and a great way of storing tomatoes when yo...Lovely and a great way of storing tomatoes when you can't eat them all fresh. I was wondering why you haven't sun dried your tomatoes before now ?!! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91896712795898035232017-08-16T07:41:50.340+01:002017-08-16T07:41:50.340+01:00The ones drying out in the sun look anything but a...The ones drying out in the sun look anything but appetising, they look like a cobblers workshop. I like tomatoes but sun-dried in a jar are nothing but foreign muck foisted on us. They would do nothing for my meat and two veg and gravy or my ham salad with a hard-boiled egg and a lettuce. These things are gimmicks in the English supermarket that we happily never thought about in days gone by.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34816297182047147252017-08-16T07:01:19.382+01:002017-08-16T07:01:19.382+01:00Do yours have that same colour? Almost vibrant!Do yours have that same colour? Almost vibrant!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30032696339086213232017-08-16T07:00:51.026+01:002017-08-16T07:00:51.026+01:00Many of the commercially dried tomatoes have all s...Many of the commercially dried tomatoes have all sorts of added extras which give them that strange taste. Mine above simply taste like concentrated tomato with olive oil. I would have thought your climate was PERFECT.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20780568120335988032017-08-16T06:17:07.982+01:002017-08-16T06:17:07.982+01:00They look good, I like the idea of putting some or...They look good, I like the idea of putting some oregano in the oil. Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54615959638215175632017-08-16T06:13:41.594+01:002017-08-16T06:13:41.594+01:00We are getting those tomatoes very cheaply just no...We are getting those tomatoes very cheaply just now. I have never tried drying them because I don't like the taste of commercial dried toms. I might try drying a few as you do. local alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.com