Showing posts with label Food Net Obsessed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food Net Obsessed. Show all posts

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Hard Core Preppin'

Today I officially added one more useful trait to my repertoire given we find ourselves in an apocalypse type scenario.  Master food preserver.  Alright, I'm not quite there yet, but I did make my very first batch of tomato sauce using tomatoes from our garden.  In just under three hours I was able to make almost 4 cups. 


Ok, so I learned it's really better to do this whole process when you have a whole crap ton of tomatoes ready because approximately 7 lbs of tomatoes doesn't make all that much when you reduce it down and get all that liquid off.

What I also learned was that you have to have the top off the stock pot to get the liquid to cook off.  Duh.  It's like I don't want the Food Network Every. Single. Night.  I mean, I'm watching it right now.  Lesson learned and it didn't take me that long to correct. Furthermore I plan on purchasing a pressure canner and really take this up a notch.  Anybody out there can?  Any advice?