Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[Javamama]

What a wonderful blessing! Enjoy the workload

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Woo hoo!! Nothing better than a garden fresh tomato, unless it's a ton of fresh, FREE tomatoes

 

[Dace]

Awesome blessing! Wow.....so whatcha gonna make?

Free, I'd like to hear more about that tomato basil pie

 

[murphysranch]

What a wonderful windfall. Sadly, my 30 tomato plants have not got enough on them to do any canning. Boo hoo....

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

its a tomato extravaganza here! whoooot!

and yeah - hey Free post that recipe esp with the sausage and feta!

so its sauce sauce and more sauce in all kinds of iterations. hadnt thought about ketchup tho....hum

but we had our first CAN-tastrophe... dang. the first quart i set in the boiling water cracked and it went everywhere. so dang. i think the sauce was not as hot as the boiling water?????

and it was a jar that we've used before and had been in the freezer (how i chill our milk). of course it had been run thru the dishwasher and had been setting on the counter for a good long time. and i filled it with very hot water... but then poof.

and i cooked that dang sauce all screamin night, dontcha know.

oh well.. onward and upward. i'm gonna try and get a cheese going also.

wow what a day! and its COOL so the windows are open and everyone is happy

 

[freemotion]

Here it is:

Bake a one crust pie shell, line it with slices of cheese and put it back in the oven to melt the cheese. Then take it out again and layer sliced tomatoes, garlic, salt and pepper, whole fresh basil leaves, cheese, more tomatoes and top with cheese. Bake until the cheese is brown and bubbly.

Use any cheese you like, drain the tomato slices for a while or run them through the salad spinner, and plan on eating the entire pie in a sitting as it gets quite watery and the crust will sog up really fast. I try to tip as much water out as possible right away, dish it up right away, and tip more water out between removing slices from the plate. The two of us will eat half a pie each for supper with a meat.

I also like to make it a complete meal sometimes by adding cooked leftover meat or cooked sausage to it. It is a meal on its own for me, but dh likes meat with every meal. I sometimes add a layer of thinly sliced zuchinni or cooked spinach that I squeezed dry. The variations can be endless.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

thanks Free!

the tomato bacchanalia continues....

guess what we are having for dinner tonite?

something with tomato sauce!

ha!

whoot!

 

[framing fowl]

Red Manna!!!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

we've had a ridiculous last couple of days. everyone is just nuts. we've had battling broodies, exploding eggs, all the turkey hens getting up from their nests, the rooster crew on a demolition-and-destruction-bender, canning madness, and i forgot to take my book back to the library.

on top of it all THREE pairs of my work shorts are now RIP..... dang. you know what that means. yep. i'll have to go to kohls and possibly shell out up and and possibly MORE than $5 for new ones. that pushed me over the edge.

and our road is still closed.

wowza!

but i think i got a handle on it all this afternoon. i found a reserve pair of shorts, we bottled up the rest of our honey (finally) and ended up with over 35 lbs. i did the baking for the week - finally. i got another round of 'maters canned. we got the house shoveled out, and we finally got the cable internet (do i sound faster??) hooked up. we did not get cable tv, tho.

then the good neighbor called and could we go and get the boys from football?

honestly folks. i cant believe people trust me with their kids.

i told her sure and i hoped that i would get the RIGHT kids and that i probably wouldnt sell them to gypsies. unless i got more than $1 for them. each.

she laughed nervously.

i think we got the right kids. well, these ones were sure polite, so i hope so. and i didnt see any gypsies but i sure could use that $1 to pay my library fine.

the good news of the day was that i got my new cheese stuff delivered!!!

and at the end of all the madness i was standing in the (totally demolished) kitchen eating bread that i made, with cheese that i made, and then eating a scone that i made with butter i shook in a jar and topped with jam that i made from FREE peaches.

so i felt pretty good about the whole thing.

thats what has been going on around here.

 

[big brown horse]

Hey O, I'm just checking in. To me that sounds like a great day. (Sept the shorts part.)