On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:29:45 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> On 6/29/2014 1:25 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:13:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I'll pass. I don't like sugar in my tomato sauce either. If it's too acid,
> >> I put lemon in it.
> >
> > I made something last night that counts as what I like to do with
> > tomatoes, but you don't like sugar so you probably won't like it. I
> > bought Persian cucumbers and the multicolored tomatoes that are cherry
> > tomato size from Trader Joe's. Cut the cucumbers into thick coins and
> > cut the tomatoes in half. I cut a smallish red onion into rings and
> > quartered them. The dressing (more like a bath) was equal parts
> > sugar, vinegar and water. I heat it enough to dissolve the sugar, add
> > some celery seed to the hot liquid and cool it down before combining
> > it with the tomato/cucumber mixture. I needed to make it fast last
> > night, so I heated the sugar and vinegar together, then cooled it down
> > with ice cubes.
> >
>
> I have done just (everyday variety) cucumbers with a
> sugar/water/vinegar/salt/pepper bath adding thinly sliced onion rings
> but never considered adding tomatoes. Wouldn't the sugar make the
> tomatoes too sweet?

I like sweet & sour vinegar and don't think it makes tomatoes too
sweet, but YMMV. I guess the only way to know if you would like it is
to try it yourself. I used plain white vinegar - cider vinegar is as
fancy as it gets with this (for me).

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