Tomato Day

A couple weeks ago Lynnie and Beth came out with bucket loads of frozen tomatoes and sweet peppers from the bounty of their gardens.  Our goal for the day was to make stewed tomatoes and we accomplished that goal!  Everything that went in to our stewed tomatoes, except the celery, was grown in our gardens.  It smells so good once everything is combined in the large electric roasters and set to simmer for several hours.

While the tomatoes simmer, we eat lunch and then work on hand sewing projects and of course jabber non stop!!!

Roni Jo and David were home during tomato day so they got in on the action!  Here we see Alicia and Roni Jo chopping!

Celery is the only ingredient that we buy from a grocery store.

Lynnie, Beth and Alicia.

Onions and celery chopped and ready to add to the mix.

I was assigned to garlic detail.

Sweet peppers that were chopped and frozen this past summer.

A bucket of onions!

David entertained us while we chopped.  Love it when they are home!

Alicia made two different flavors of quiche for our lunch.  Both were amazing.

Filling pint jars after the sauce has stewed for several hours.  

Wipe the jar rims before placing the lids on.

Lids and rings on the jars.

Jars in the pressure canner.

And keeping a close eye on the pressure of the canner.  

The final count on processed jars is 124.