My mom came to town last weekend with a grocery bag full of tomatoes from her garden. (My parents live in Eastern Washington, where the sun shines and tomatoes grow happily.) When I looked through the bag the next day I realized the tomatoes didn't have long before something needed to be done with them.
Thankfully, I just got this new canning book, Put 'em Up!, which has a great salsa recipe. I'm really loving this book because instead of being organized by food type (jellies, pickles, whole fruits) it is organized by food.
At first I did not realize the genius of this, but it makes such great sense. Usually you would be preserving food when you find yourself with so much of it that you can't possibly eat it all before it spoils. The way this book is organized makes it easy to find options for whatever food it is that you have too much of. Another great thing is that it provides multiple options for preserving most of the recipes. So you can make something with your tomatoes, for example, and have the option of refrigerating, freezing, or canning. I made the salsa , which gives you the option of refrigerating and canning. I ended up with a little too much for the number of jars I prepared so I refrigerated the remaining salsa and canned four jars.
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